Chapter 183
After a gnat had been buzzing about the head of a bull for several minutes, he finally settled down upon a horn and begged the bull’s pardon for disturbing him. “If my weight causes you any inconvenience at all,” he said, “just tell me, and I’ll be off in a moment.”
“Oh, don’t trouble your mind about that,” said the bull. “It’s all the same to me whether you go or stay. To tell you the truth, I didn’t even know you were there.”
The more insignificant a person, the greater the conceit.
