A story between The Ass and the Lapdog is given below,
A Farmer one day came to the stables to see to his
beasts of burden: among them was his favourite Ass, that
was always well fed and often carried his master.
With the Farmer came his Lapdog, who danced about and
licked his hand and frisked about as happy as could be.
The Farmer felt in his pocket, gave the Lapdog some
dainty food, and sat down while he gave his orders to his
servants.
The Lapdog jumped into his master's lap, and lay there
blinking while the Farmer stroked his ears.
The Ass, seeing this, broke loose from his halter and
commenced prancing about in imitation of the Lapdog.
The Farmer could not hold his sides with laughter, so the
Ass went up to him, and putting his feet upon the
Farmer's shoulder attempted to climb into his lap.
The Farmer's servants rushed up with sticks and
pitchforks and soon taught the Ass that clumsy jesting is
no joke.
Moral of Aesop's Fable:
"Clumsy jesting is no joke"
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