{"id":20351,"date":"2014-05-26T04:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T02:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=20351"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:30:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T10:30:27","slug":"les-fables-de-la-fontaine-les-deux-mulets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/les-fables-de-la-fontaine-les-deux-mulets\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Fables de La Fontaine: Les Deux Mulets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we\u2019ll be exploring another of La Fontaine\u2019s fables, this one entitled Les Deux Mulets<\/b> (The Two Mules). Like the first two,\u00a0Le Corbeau et le Renard<\/b><\/a> (The Crow and the Fox) and La Cigale et la Fourmi<\/b><\/a> (The Grasshopper and the Ant), this story centers on the (almost human) interaction between two animals.\u00a0 C\u2019est un peu triste<\/b> (It\u2019s a little sad), I must admit, but an interesting petite histoire<\/b> (little story) nonetheless\u2026<\/p>\n

(The English translation is not a direct word-for-word translation of the French text, but rather an embellished version and, coincidentally, just as entertaining.)
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Deux Mulets cheminaient; l\u2019un d\u2019avoine charg\u00e9:<\/i><\/p>\n

L\u2019autre portant l\u2019argent de la Gabelle.<\/i><\/p>\n

Celui-ci glorieux d\u2019une charge si belle,<\/i><\/p>\n

N\u2019e\u00fbt voulu pour beaucoup en \u00eatre soulag\u00e9.<\/i><\/p>\n

Il marchait d\u2019un pas relev\u00e9,<\/i><\/p>\n

Et faisait sonner sa sonnette:<\/i><\/p>\n

Quand l\u2019ennemi se pr\u00e9sentant,<\/i><\/p>\n

Comme il en voulait \u00e0 l\u2019argent,<\/i><\/p>\n

Sur le Mulet du fisc une troupe se jette,<\/i><\/p>\n

Le saisit au frein, et l\u2019arr\u00eate.<\/i><\/p>\n

Le Mulet en se d\u00e9fendant,<\/i><\/p>\n

Se sent percer de coups, il g\u00e9mit, il soupire.<\/i><\/p>\n

Est-ce donc l\u00e0, dit-il, ce qu\u2019on m\u2019avait promis?<\/i><\/p>\n

Ce Mulet qui me suit, du danger se retire,<\/i><\/p>\n

Et moi j\u2019y tombe, et je p\u00e9ris.<\/i><\/p>\n

Ami, lui dit son camarade,<\/i><\/p>\n

Il n\u2019est pas toujours bon d\u2019avoir un haut Emploi.<\/i><\/p>\n

Si tu n\u2019avais servi qu\u2019un Meunier, comme moi,<\/i><\/p>\n

Tu ne serais pas si malade.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Two mules were bearing on their backs,<\/p>\n

One, oats; the other, silver of the tax.<\/p>\n

The latter glorying in his load,<\/p>\n

March\u2019d proudly forward on the road;<\/p>\n

And, from the jingle of his bell,<\/p>\n

\u2019Twas plain he liked his burden well.<\/p>\n

But in a wild-wood glen<\/p>\n

A band of robber men<\/p>\n

Rush\u2019d forth upon the twain.<\/p>\n

Well with the silver pleased,<\/p>\n

They by the bridle seized<\/p>\n

The treasure-mule so vain.<\/p>\n

Poor mule! in struggling to repel<\/p>\n

His ruthless foes, he fell<\/p>\n

Stabb\u2019d through; and with a bitter sighing,<\/p>\n

He cried, \u2018Is this the lot they promised me?<\/p>\n

My humble friend from danger free,<\/p>\n

While, weltering in my gore, I\u2019m dying?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018My friend,\u2019 his fellow-mule replied,<\/p>\n

\u2018It is not well to have one\u2019s work too high.<\/p>\n

If thou hadst been a miller\u2019s drudge, as I,<\/p>\n

Thou wouldst not thus have died.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Today we\u2019ll be exploring another of La Fontaine\u2019s fables, this one entitled Les Deux Mulets (The Two Mules). Like the first two,\u00a0Le Corbeau et le Renard (The Crow and the Fox) and La Cigale et la Fourmi (The Grasshopper and the Ant), this story centers on the (almost human) interaction between two animals.\u00a0 C\u2019est un…<\/p>\n

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