A good bluff, well chucked, is liable to do considerable execution.
[Illustration: The Ass in the Lion's Skin.]
The Horse and the Oyster.
A very prancy horse, discovering an oyster on the sea-shore, thought to
show off a little and make the oyster envious.
After he had done some surprising leaps and curvetings, he went up to the
oyster, and, with a toss of his head, said:
"There! what do you think of that?"
"You must excuse me," answered the bivalve, "but I have been blind from
birth, and missed the whole show."