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At a gathering of all the beasts the Monkey gave an exhibition of

dancing and entertained the company vastly. There was great

applause at the finish, which excited the envy of the Camel and

made him desire to win the favour of the assembly by the same

means. So he got up from his place and began dancing, but he cut

such a ridiculous figure as he plunged about, and made such a

grotesque exhibition of his ungainly person, that the beasts all

fell upon him with ridicule and drove him away.

THE SICK MAN AND THE DOCTOR