The Ass always appears in our collection of fables as a male.
Positive Actions (to Others) | Negative Actions (to Others) | Neutral Actions | Positive Actions (to Self) | Negative Actions (to Self) |
---|---|---|---|---|
enchant | demand | eat | desire | die |
resolve | kick | hear | possess | grind |
congratulate | smash | gallop | live | carry |
entreat | break | frisk | travel | lament |
give | attack | fawn | rise | fall |
convey | refuse | jump | regain | lose |
listen | divide | lick | obtain | stumble |
amuse | frighten | feel | play | serve |
join | summon | step | find | tumble |
change his mind | reach | bray | ||
throw | observe | repent | ||
contrast | run | groan | ||
drive | climb | not liking | ||
leave | think | |||
saw | ||||
request | ||||
feed | ||||
see | ||||
beseech |
These are the characters that appear with the Ass:
Fables in which the Ass appears:
Dialogue of the Ass:
Grasshopper to Ass
"The dew." ~ The Ass and the Grasshopper
Ass
"I have brought it all on myself! Why could I not have been contented
to labor with my companions, and not wish to be idle all the day like that
useless little Lapdog !" ~ The Ass and the Lapdog
Lion to Ass
"I will take the first share," he said, "because I am King:
and the second share, as a partner with you in the chase: and the third share
(believe me) will be a source of great evil to you, unless you willingly resign
it to me, and set off as fast as you can." ~ The Wild Ass and the
Lion
Ass to Owner
"Why, I saw the Monkey do this very thing yesterday, and you all
laughed heartily, as if it afforded you very great amusement." ~ The
Playful Ass
Driver to Ass
"O you perverse dull-head! it is not yet come to this, that men pay
worship to an Ass." ~ The Ass Carrying the Image
Ass
"It would have been better for me to have been either starved by the
one, or to have been overworked by the other of my former masters, than to have
been bought by my present owner, who will even after I am dead tan my hide, and
make me useful to him." ~ The Ass and His Masters
Frog to Ass
"What would you do if you had to live here always as we do, when you
make such a fuss about a mere fall into the water?" ~ The Ass and the
Frogs
Ass to Shepherd
"Why should I, pray? Do you think it likely the conqueror will place
on me two sets of panniers?" ~ The Ass and the Old Shepherd
Shepherd to Ass
"No," ~ The Ass and the Old Shepherd
Ass to Shepherd
"Then," said the Ass, "as long as I carry the panniers,
what matters it to me whom I serve?" ~ The Ass and the Old Shepherd
Goat to Ass
"How shamefully you are treated: at one time grinding in the mill,
and at another carrying heavy burdens" ~ The Goat and the Ass
Horse to Ass
"Hardly," said the Horse , "can I resist kicking you with
my heels." ~ The Horse and the Ass
Ass to Horse
"Where, O boaster, are now all thy gay trappings, thou who are
thyself reduced to the condition you so lately treated with contempt?" ~
The Horse and the Ass
Fox to Ass
"I might possibly have been frightened myself, if I had not heard
your bray." ~ The Ass in the Lion's Skin
Horse to Ass
"Yes," said the Horse; "if any remains out of what I am now
eating I will give it you for the sake of my own superior dignity, and if you
will come when I reach my own stall in the evening, I will give you a little
sack full of barley." ~ The Ass and the Horse
Ass to Horse
"Thank you. But I can't think that you, who refuse me a little matter
now, will by and by confer on me a greater benefit." ~ The Ass and the
Horse
Man to Ass
"Conquer, but conquer to your cost." ~ The Ass and His
Driver