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Monday, September 06, 2010 - 6:13 PM
The Goat and the Goatherd
Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire had sought to bring back a stray goat to his flock.
He whistled and sounded his horn in vain; the straggler paid no attention
to the summons. At last the Goatherd threw a stone, and breaking its horn,
begged the Goat not to tell his master. The Goat replied, "Why, you silly
fellow, the horn will speak though I be silent."
Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be
hid.
The Miser
A Miser sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he
buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look
at daily. One of his workmen observed his frequent visits to the spot
and decided to watch his movements. He soon discovered the secret of the
hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the lump of gold, and stole
it. The Miser, on his next visit, found the hole empty and began to tear
his hair and to make loud lamentations. A neighbor, seeing him overcome
with grief and learning the cause, said, "Pray do not grieve so; but go
and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is
still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the
gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of
it."
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