The Monkey and the Dolphin
A sailor, bound on a long voyage, took along with him a
Monkey to amuse him while on shipboard. As he sailed off the coast
of Greece, a
violent storm arose in which the ship was wrecked and he, along
with his Monkey and all the crew were thus forced to swim for their
lives. 
A
Dolphin saw the Monkey fighting with the waves, and thinking him
to be a man (whom he is always said to befriend), came and
placed himself under him, to convey him on his back safely 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 had a very noble
origin. The Dolphin then inquired if he knew the Piraeus-the famous
harbor of Athens. Supposing that a man was meant, the Monkey answered
boastfully
that he knew him very well and that he was his close friend. The
Dolphin, indignant at these false words, dipped the Monkey
under the water and drowned him in the deep blue sea.
A
Dolphin saw the Monkey fighting with the waves, and thinking him
to be a man (whom he is always said to befriend), came and
placed himself under him, to convey him on his back safely 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 had a very noble
origin. The Dolphin then inquired if he knew the Piraeus-the famous
harbor of Athens. Supposing that a man was meant, the Monkey answered
boastfully
that he knew him very well and that he was his close friend. The
Dolphin, indignant at these false words, dipped the Monkey
under the water and drowned him in the deep blue sea.
