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The force of the blow split open the head and a quantity of gold coins fell out upon the floor. The Man gathered them up greedily, and said, "O you old fraud, you! When I honoured you, you did me no good whatever: but no sooner do I treat you to insults and violence than you make a rich man of me!" THE FORCE OF THE BLOW SPLIT OPEN THE HEAD AND A QUANTITY OF GOLD COINS FELL OUT UPON THE FLOOR THE MAN GUIDED THEM UP GREEDILY AND SAID O YOU OLD FRAUD YOU WHEN I HONORED YOU YOU DID ME NO GOOD WHATEVER BUT NO SOONER DO I TREAT YOU TO INSULTS AND VIOLENCE THAN YOU MAKE A RICH MAN OF ME
ame down to the water to drink, and by accident trod on one of them and crushed the life out of him. When the old Frog missed him, she asked his brother where he was. "He is dead, mother," said the little Frog; "an enormous big creature with four legs came to our pool this morning and trampled him down in the mud." "Enormous, was he? Was he as big as this?" said the Frog, puffing herself out to look as big as possible. "Oh! yes, _much_ bigger," was the answer. The Frog puffed herself out still more. "Was he as big as this?" said she. "Oh! yes, yes, mother, _MUCH_ bigger," said the little Frog. And yet again she puffed and puffed herself out till she was almost as round as a ball. "As big as...?" she began--but then she burst. THE MAN AND THE IMAGE A poor Man had a wooden Image of a god, to which he used to pray daily for riches. He did this for a long time, but remained as poor as ever, till one day he caught up the Image in disgust and hurled it with all his strength against the wall.  THIS IS A LIBRAVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDED BY TED MACKELROY AUSTEN TEXAS ESOP'S FABLES THE MAN AND THE IMAGE A POOR MAN HAD A WOODEN IMAGE OF A GOD TO WHICH HE USED TO PRAY DAILY FOR RICHES HE DID THIS FOR A LONG TIME BUT REMAINED AS POOR AS EVER TILL ONE DAY HE CAUGHT UP THE IMAGE IN DISGUST AND HURLED IT WITH ALL HIS STRENGTH AGAINST THE WALL
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