“How shall I know,” said the Servant, “that they all taste good, if I try one only?”
He bit off a piece from each pear, and brought them to his master. Then his master sent him away.
The Falcon and the Cock
The Falcon was used to the master, and came to his hand when he was called; the Cock ran away from his master and cried when people went up to him. So the Falcon said to the Cock:
“In you Cocks there is no gratitude; one can see that you are of a common breed. You go to your masters only when you are hungry. It is different with us wild birds. We have much strength, and we can fly faster than anybody; still we do not fly away from people, but of our own accord go to their hands when we are called. We remember that they feed us.”
Then the Cock said:
“You do not run away from people because you have never seen a roast Falcon, but we, you know, see roast Cocks.”
The Jackals and the Elephant
The Jackals had eaten up all the carrion in the woods, and had nothing to eat. So an old Jackal was thinking how to find something to feed on. He went to an Elephant, and said:
“We had a king, but he became overweening: he told us to do things that nobody could do; we want to choose another king, and my people have sent me to ask you to be our king. You will have an easy life with us.