The Buffoon and the Countryman

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      a rich nobleman once opened the theaters without charge to the

      people, and gave a public notice that he would handsomely reward

      any person who invented a new amusement for the occasion.

      various public performers contended for the prize. among them

      came a buffoon1 well known among the populace for his jokes, and

      said that he had a kind of entertainment which had never been

      brought out on any stage before. this report being spread about

      made a great stir, and the theater was crowded in every part.

      the buffoon appeared alone upon the platform, without any

      apparatus or confederates, and the very sense of expectation

      caused an intense silence. he suddenly bent2 his head towards his

      bosom and imitated the squeaking3 of a little pig so admirably

      with his voice that the audience declared he had a porker under

      his cloak, and demanded that it should be shaken out. when that

      was done and nothing was found, they cheered the actor, and

      loaded him with the loudest applause. a countryman in the crowd,

      observing all that has passed, said, "so help me, hercules, he

      shall not beat me at that trick!" and at once proclaimed that he

      would do the same thing on the next day, though in a much more

      natural way. on the morrow a still larger crowd assembled in the

      theater, but now partiality for their favorite actor very

      generally prevailed, and the audience came rather to ridicule4 the

      countryman than to see the spectacle. both of the performers

      appeared on the stage. the buffoon grunted5 and squeaked6 away

      first, and obtained, as on the preceding day, the applause and

      cheers of the spectators. next the countryman commenced, and

      pretending that he concealed7 a little pig beneath his clothes

      (which in truth he did, but not suspected by the audience )

      contrived to take hold of and to pull his ear causing the pig to

      squeak. the crowd, however, cried out with one consent that the

      buffoon had given a far more exact imitation, and clamored for

      the countryman to be kicked out of the theater. on this the

      rustic produced the little pig from his cloak and showed by the

      most positive proof the greatness of their mistake. "look here,"

      he said, "this shows what sort of judges you are."

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