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<h2>DEMADES AND HIS FABLE</h2>
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<p>Demades the orator was once speaking in the Assembly at Athens;
but the people were very inattentive to what he was saying, so he
stopped and said, "Gentlemen, I should like to tell you one of
Aesop's fables." This made every one listen intently. Then Demades
began: "Demeter, a Swallow, and an Eel were once travelling
together, and came to a river without a bridge: the Swallow flew
over it, and the Eel swam across"; and then he stopped. "What
happened to Demeter?" cried several people in the audience.
"Demeter," he replied, "is very angry with you for listening to
fables when you ought to be minding public business."</p>
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