Jupiter
and the Monkey
Jupiter issued
a proclamation
to all the beasts of the forest and promised a royal reward to the one
whose offspring should be deemed the handsomest.
The Monkey
came with the
rest and presented, with all a mother's tenderness, a flat-nosed,
hairless,
ill-featured young Monkey as a candidate for the promised reward.
A general
laugh saluted her
on the presentation of her son. She resolutely said, "I know not
whether
Jupiter will allot the prize to my son, but this I do know, that he is
at least in the eyes of me his mother, the dearest, handsomest, and
most
beautiful of all."
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