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The Monkey and the Fox as Painters

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 23, 1881

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 7, No. 24.

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The Monkey and the Fox as Painters

"THE monkey was once employed to paint portraits. He painted to the life. He gave the ass his long ears; the lion his shaggy mane; the tiger his blood-thirsty appearance; the wolf his sly, deceitful look. The result was, criticisms were abundant, and complaints loud. The fox took up the profession. He shortened the ears of the ass; gave the lion a look of more majesty and less terror; took away the blood-thirsty appearance of the tiger; and the wolf could hardly be distinguished from the faithful house-dog. The fox became popular as a painter, and the monkey had no employment but to paint sheep, horses, and useful animals of that sort."