The Bald Knight

Aesop's Fables. Translated by Rev. George Fyler Townsend. 1860.

A Bald Knight, who wore a wig, went out to hunt. A sudden puff of wind blew off his hat and wig, at which a loud laugh rang forth from his companions. He pulled up his horse, and with great glee joined in the joke by saying, "What a marvel it is that hairs which are not mine should fly from me, when they have forsaken even the man on whose head they grew."

Tags - Aesop - Fables - Vanity -

Origin - Europe - Greece -