separated him from those who hang about him and claim to share in his

prerogatives?

YOUNG SOCRATES: Very true.

STRANGER: And that, Socrates, is what we must do, if we do not mean to

bring disgrace upon the argument at its close.

YOUNG SOCRATES: We must certainly avoid that.

STRANGER: Then let us make a new beginning, and travel by a different

road.

YOUNG SOCRATES: What road?

STRANGER: I think that we may have a little amusement; there is a famous

tale, of which a good portion may with advantage be interwoven, and then

we may resume our series of divisions, and proceed in the old path until

we arrive at the desired summit. Shall we do as I say?

YOUNG SOCRATES: By all means.

STRANGER: Listen, then, to a tale which a child would love to hear; and

you are not too old for childish amusement.

YOUNG SOCRATES: Let me hear.

Statesman