Three Hundred Æsop's Fables/The Gnat and the Bull

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London: George Routledge and Sons, page 166

THE GNAT AND THE BULL.

A Gnat settled on the horn of a Bull, and sat there a long time. Just as he was about to fly off, he made a buzzing noise, and inquired of the Bull if he would like him to go. The Bull replied, "I did not know you had come, and I shall not miss you when you go away."

Some men are of more consequence in their own eyes than in the eyes of their neighbours.