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Updated: May 23, 2025
The British serjeant was right in saying that he would prefer to enter battle in his shirt: and he might even doff that to advantage and return to the primitive custom of man gymnomachy. The feminine is Nakah for like mules females are preferred. There are hosts of special names besides those which are general. Mr. Mr. The vulgar still believe that the donkey brays when seeing the Devil.
"The small, the conventional, that of men, that which constantly changes, that brays out so loudly, that makes such a commotion here below, of the earth earthy, like the mass of imbeciles you see down there. But the other, the eternal, that is about us and above, like the landscape that surrounds us, and the blue heavens that give us light."
Blucher was pretty angry and wanted to swear, but every time he opened his mouth his animal did so also and let off a series of brays that drowned all other sounds. It was fun, scurrying around the breezy hills and through the beautiful canyons.
Instead of moans and cries, they burst forth into loud donkey brays, which sounded very much like, "Haw! Haw! Haw!" At that moment, a loud knocking was heard at the door and a voice called to them: "Open! I am the Little Man, the driver of the wagon which brought you here. Open, I say, or beware!"
'Well then, I can tell you, gossip, said the ass's owner, 'that between you and an ass there is not an atom of difference as far as braying goes, for I never in all my life saw or heard anything more natural. 'Those praises and compliments belong to you more justly than to me, gossip, said the inventor of the plan; 'for, by the God that made me, you might give a couple of brays odds to the best and most finished brayer in the world; the tone you have got is deep, your voice is well kept up as to time and pitch, and your finishing notes come thick and fast; in fact, I own myself beaten, and yield the palm to you, and give in to you in this rare accomplishment. 'Well then, said the owner, 'I'll set a higher value on myself for the future, and consider that I know something, as I have an excellence of some sort; for though I always thought I brayed well, I never supposed I came up to the pitch of perfection you say. 'And I say too, said the second, 'that there are rare gifts going to loss in the world, and that they are ill bestowed upon those who don't know how to make use of them. 'Ours, said the owner of the ass, 'unless it is in cases like this we have now in hand, cannot be of any service to us, and even in this God grant they may be of some use. So saying they separated, and took to their braying once more, but every instant they were deceiving one another, and coming to meet one another again, until they arranged by way of countersign, so as to know that it was they and not the ass, to give two brays, one after the other.
To the music of brays what harmonies couldst thou expect to get but cudgels?" Having thus reprimanded his squire, the good knight looked to his wounds, which Sancho complained of, but found him only discolored. "I feel as if I was speaking through my shoulders," wailed Sancho; and then he begged his master to hasten away from such evil premises.
Even the sumpter mules rejoiced, and gave forth a chorus of brays that did one's heart good. Every tone of their voices spoke of the warm stalls, the double feed of oats, and the great manger of sweet hay that awaited them. Before going into the house Max gave to each mule a stroke of his hand in token of affection. Surely this proud automaton of Hapsburg was growing lowly in his tastes.
And one could easily see, that were a sudden panic or overwhelming excitement to break up the order of the meeting, what a terrible scene might ensue. "What is it?" said I to a friend who sat next to me. "A pickpocket, perhaps," said she. "I am afraid we are going to have a row. They are going to give you one of our genuine Exeter Hall 'brays."
Small wonder then that the place has an indefinable quality of enchantment that even the twentieth century cannot quite efface. Life in camp is exquisitely simple. We rise with the sun. If in the raw morning hours a donkey brays, the men are very much perturbed, for they know that the poor beast has seen a djin.
But it was not a fortunate remark, for the Paladin said: "It probably isn't your turn to criticize people's prudence you who fall out of the saddle when a donkey brays." They all laughed, and I was ashamed of myself for my hasty smartness. I said: "It isn't quite fair for you to say I fell out on account of the donkey's braying. It was emotion, just ordinary emotion."
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