The Two Mules - A French Fable — The Folktale Project

Jul 20

Jul 20 Ep. 742 - The Two Mules - A French Fable

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There were two heavily-laden mules making a journey together. One was carrying oats and the other bore a parcel of silver money collected from the people as a tax upon salt. This, we learn, was a tax which produced much money for the government, but it bore very hard upon the people, who revolted many times against it.