A gentle retelling for listeners ages 3–5 of Aesop’s fable from The Aesop for Children (1919): a jealous Ass tries to win his Master’s favor by acting like the tiny Lap Dog, prancing round the dinner table and climbing up for a lick, until chair, Master, and Ass crash down among the dishes.
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In the house lived a tiny Lap Dog. In the stable lived an Ass, a kind of donkey. Their Master’s favorite was the Dog. The Ass wished it were him.
At dinner, the Dog sat in the Master’s lap and got the best bites from the plate. “Good Dog!” said the Master. Pat, pat, pat.
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