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162.The Goat and the Goatherd

A GOATHERD had sought to bring back a stray goat to his flock. He whistled and sounded his horn in vain; the straggler paid no attention to the summons. At last the goatherd threw a stone, and breaking its horn, begged the goat not to tell his master. The goat replied,

“Why, you silly fellow, the horn will speak though I be silent.”

Do not try to hide things which cannot be hid.