{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/aesop/aes113.htm","path":"cla/aesop/aes113.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/aesop/aes113.htm","text":"AN ASS climbed up to the roof of a building, and frisking about there, broke in the tiling. The owner went up after him and quickly drove him down, beating him severely with a thick wooden cudgel. The Ass said, \"Why, I saw the Monkey do this very thing yesterday, and you all laughed heartily, as if it afforded you very great amusement.\"","title":"The Playful Ass","type":"page"}