jupiter issued a proclamation to all the beasts of the forest and

promised a royal reward to the one whose offspring should be

deemed the handsomest. the monkey came with the rest and

presented, with all a mother's tenderness, a flat-nosed,

hairless, ill-featured young monkey as a candidate for the

promised reward. a general laugh saluted1 her on the presentation

of her son. she resolutely2 said, "i know not whether jupiter

will allot3 the prize to my son, but this i do know, that he is at

least in the eyes of me his mother, the dearest, handsomest, and

most beautiful of all."