_Khond Fable._--The following is a free version of a fable current among
the Khonds of Oriosa, of whom a very interesting account is given by
Captain Macpherson in the _Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society_ for 1852:
"A mosquito was seated on the horn of a bull, and fearing that his
weight might be oppressive to the quadruped, he politely accosted him,
begging that, if he felt any inconvenience, he would mention it, and
professing himself ready, in that case, to remove to some other
position. The bull replied, 'O mosquito, so far are you from oppressing
me with your weight, that I was not even aware of your existence.'"
The moral of this is common enough, but is the fable found elsewhere in a
similar _form_?