Mother’s Beauty
A beauty contest competition was proclaimed to all the beasts of the forest, and a royal reward by Artemis the god of the beast was to be given to the one whose offspring would be deemed the prettiest.
The beautiful peacock, leopard, and other good-looking animals came for the parade.
The monkey thought it not robbery or bad to give it a try as she came with other contestants 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 mockery and laugh saluted her on the presentation of her daughter. She resolutely said:
“I do not care whether Artemis will allot the prize to my daughter; but this I do know for sure, that my daughter is the dearest, and most beautiful of all the beasts who are here.”
