06-07-2008, 10:19 PM
Hey, Boogie Down, you might want to tell this Tale to your little ones.
A Sailor (Gerald Darling), bound on a long voyage, took with him a Monkey (Charles Hurley) to amuse him while on shipboard. As he sailed off the coast of Greece, a violent tempest arose in which the ship was wrecked and he, his Monkey, and all the crew were obliged to swim for
their lives. A Dolphin (A Conscious Man) saw the Monkey contending with the waves, and supposing him to be a man (whom he is always said to befriend), came and placed himself under him, to convey him on his back in safety to the shore. When the Dolphin arrived with his burden in sight of land not far from Athens, he asked the Monkey if he were an Athenian. The latter replied that he was, and that he was descended from one of the most noble families in that city. The Dolphin then inquired if he knew the Piraeus (the famous harbor of Athens). Supposing that a man was meant, the Monkey answered that he knew him very well and that he was an intimate friend. The Dolphin, indignant at these falsehoods, dipped the Monkey under the water and drowned him.
Moral:
Those who pretend to be what they are not, sooner or later,
find themselves in deep water. Your lies will always find you out.
Real live Tales are going to be played out next week, stay tuned. It is going to get better.
Signing off, Nightstalker
A Sailor (Gerald Darling), bound on a long voyage, took with him a Monkey (Charles Hurley) to amuse him while on shipboard. As he sailed off the coast of Greece, a violent tempest arose in which the ship was wrecked and he, his Monkey, and all the crew were obliged to swim for
their lives. A Dolphin (A Conscious Man) saw the Monkey contending with the waves, and supposing him to be a man (whom he is always said to befriend), came and placed himself under him, to convey him on his back in safety to the shore. When the Dolphin arrived with his burden in sight of land not far from Athens, he asked the Monkey if he were an Athenian. The latter replied that he was, and that he was descended from one of the most noble families in that city. The Dolphin then inquired if he knew the Piraeus (the famous harbor of Athens). Supposing that a man was meant, the Monkey answered that he knew him very well and that he was an intimate friend. The Dolphin, indignant at these falsehoods, dipped the Monkey under the water and drowned him.
Moral:
Those who pretend to be what they are not, sooner or later,
find themselves in deep water. Your lies will always find you out.
Real live Tales are going to be played out next week, stay tuned. It is going to get better.
Signing off, Nightstalker