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Aesop's Fables; a new translation

THE BULL AND THE CALF

V. S. (Vernon Stanley) Vernon Jones translation

A full-grown Bull was struggling to force his huge bulk through the narrow entrance to a cow-house where his stall was, when a young Calf came up and said to him, "If you'll step aside a moment, I'll show you the way to get through." The Bull turned upon him an amused look. "I knew that way," said he, "before you were born."

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