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The Monkey and the Dolphin 6

A sailor on a long voyage,brought a monkey to amuse him
while onboard.As he sailed the coast of Greece,a violent storm

came and off wrecked the ship The sailor,his monkey,and all a

crew had to swim for their lives.A dolphin saw the monkey

struggling with the waves.Thinking he was a man came and

placed himself under him,to take him back to safety of the
shore.When the Dolphin was in sight of land not far from

Athens,he asked the monkey if he was an Athenian.The

monkey said that he was,and that he was descended from one

of the most noble families in that city.Then dolphin asked if

he knew the Piraeus(the famous harbor of Athens).Thinking
that Piraeus was man,the monkey said that he knew him very

well and that he was an intimate friend.The dolphin,upset

with the lie,dipped the monkey under the water and drowned

him.

The moral

Those who pretend to be what they are not, sooner or

later , find themselves in deep water.