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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