Note 26
Tale of the Bull[FN#23] and the Ass.
Arab. "Yá Aftah": Al-Aftah is an epithet of the bull, also of the chameleon.
… still while thou eatest thy fill, and I win contempt while thou winnest good will." When the Bull ceased speaking, the Ass turned towards him and said, "O Broad o' Brow,[FN#26] O thou lost one! he lied not who dubbed thee Bull head, for thou, O father of a Bull, hast neither forethought nor contrivance; thou art the simplest of simpletons,[FN#27] and thou knowest naught of good advisers. Hast thou not heard the saying of the …
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