The Fox and the Mask

Littafin Fox and the Mask yana ɗaya daga cikin Tatsuniyoyi na Aesop, wanda akwai nau'ikan Girkanci da Latin. An lasafta shi a lamba 27 a cikin Ma'aunin Perry . 

 Tatsuniya ga marasa kai 
Tatsuniya koyaushe ana faɗinta a taƙaice kuma galibi ita ce hanyar da ake amfani da ita wajen sukar kyawawan mutane amma marasa hankali a manyan mutane. Dila ya ci karo da abin rufe fuska da 'yan wasan kwaikwayo ke amfani da shi a da; bayan an yi masa bincike, sai ya ce, 'Cike da kyau, babu kwakwalwa!' Sigar Latin ta wannan, wacce aka taƙaita ta zuwa caput vacuum cerebro, sai ta zama abin karin magana. Erasmus ya rubuta ta a cikin littafinsa Adagia, tare da ma'anarsa ta Girka (Ὦ οἷα κεφαλὴ, καὶ ἐγκέφαλον ούκ ἔχει), tare da bayanin cewa ta samo asali ne daga tatsuniyar Aesop. 
Desiderius Erasmus Adagiourum epitome, Amsterdam 1650, p. 319
Akwai nau'ikan labarin daban-daban, wani lokacin yana da alaƙa da kerkeci yana tunanin kan mutum-mutumin da ya karye.  Farkon bayyanarsa ta Turanci tana cikin tarin tatsuniyoyi na William Caxton (1484), a ƙarƙashin taken "Kwilf da hede mutumin dede", a matsayin misali na shawarar cewa 'Mutane da yawa suna da girmamawa ga bauta da ɗaukaka amma ba hankali ba'.  Amma Andrea Alciato, wanda ya kafa littafin alama mai tasiri na Italiya, gabaɗaya yana nuna dila yana tunanin abin rufe fuska. Waƙar Latin mai layi shida da ke tare da ita ta bayyana cewa hankali ne, ba siffar waje ba, shine mafi mahimmanci ( Mentem, nonformam, da pollere ).  Wannan sigar ta kuma bayyana a cikin waƙar Neo-Latin ta Gabriele Faerno . 

An ba da labarin sigar La Fontaine's Fables game da dila da ƙirji (IV.14). Duk da haka, tatsuniya kawai an yi nuni da ita a cikin waƙarsa, wanda ya fi yin bimbini kan kamanni da sharhi a ƙarshe cewa furucin dila "ga mutane da yawa yana aiki da ubangiji". Lokacin da mai zane-zane JJ Grandville ya kwatanta Tatsuniyoyi a 1838, ya sabunta sharhin zamantakewa, yana amfani da dabbobi maimakon mutane. A wani baje kolin Kwalejin, dila ya kalli gefe yana kallon wani babban gindi mai hoto wanda jaki ke duba shi da kyau, tare da siffofin agwagwa mai kayan aiki da kuma ɗan wasan mujiya a baya.

Masanin falsafa na Jamus Gothold Ephraim Lessing shi ma ya sake fassara tatsuniya a shekarar 1759, inda ya gano masu magana a matsayin abin da zai yi niyya.  A Ingila yara ƙanana ne suka yi watsi da karatunsu waɗanda Richard Scrafton Sharpe ya yi amfani da tatsuniyar "The Fox and the Mask" a cikin tsoffin abokansa cikin sabuwar riga: tatsuniyoyi da aka saba da su a cikin baiti (London, 1807).  Daga baya a cikin ƙarni, WS Gilbert ya sake duba bambancin da ke tsakanin gaskiya da wakilci a cikin waƙar barkwanci mai suna "The Pantomime 'Super' to His Mask".  A can, ɗan wasan ya la'anci abin rufe fuska a matsayin rashin kwakwalwa kuma ya dogara da shi don nasarar tarihi na motsin zuciyar da ke bayyana. Abin rufe fuska ya amsa cewa idan ɗan wasan ya duba ciki zai sami daidaito tsakanin abin da yake aiwatarwa da halayensa na gaske.

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