4/28/2023 0 Comments The frogs who desired a kingThe crane was uneasy but obliged, putting her bill down the wolf’s throat and removing the bone. He asked a heron, with its long bill, to help him and offered a handsome reward. 224)Ī wolf had been feasting greedily and a bone became stuck in his throat. Once more the frogs appealed to Zeus, who said that they must face the consequences of their request. So they made a second request for a real king, and were sent a heron (a water snake in the original version), which proceeded to eat them. He threw down a log, which terrified them as it landed in their pond, but they were soon clambering all over it and making fun of their king. 66)Ī group of frogs asked Zeus to send them a king. The Frogs who Desired a King (Chambry, no. Crashing into it she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders. The Thirsty Pigeon (not listed in Chambry or Perry)Ī pigeon, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard, and flew towards it. That evening, the wolf entered the fold with the flock but it happened that the shepherd fancied mutton broth and went into the fold, where the first he laid hands on and killed was the wolf. One night, he found a sheep’s skin that had been cast aside, so he dressed in the skin and went into the pasture with the sheep: soon a lamb was following him & was quickly despatched. The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing (not listed in Chambry or Perry)Ī certain wolf could not get enough to eat. The stork, in return, invited the fox and served supper in a narrow-necked urn, allowing him to eat comfortably, and leaving the fox without any chance of eating any supper. The cinder, fanned by the breeze, set her nest on fire and roasted the fledglings, who fell to the ground to be eaten by the fox.Ī fox invited as stork to supper and served soup in a flat dish, knowing that he could lap this up easily and that the stork, with its narrow bill, would be unable to eat. Soon after, the eagle picked up some meat roasting o a sacrificial altar and inadvertently took a cinder with it. The fox, on return, was powerless to take revenge. The fox went out foraging for food, and the eagle, also in need, swooped down on the fox cubs and fed them to her own young. 1)Īn eagle and a fox became friends: the eagle made her nest at the top of a tree and the fox made a den in the undergrowth beneath. The Eagle and the Fox (not in Chambry, but noted by Edward Perry in his so-called ‘Perry Index’, no. The hare was amused and accepted: he was soon far out of sight and, as the tortoise lumbered along, he confidently stopped and slept, only to be overtaken by the tortoise, who continued at his steady pace to win the race. A fox, sitting on the bank, asked why, if he was such a great physician, he did not cure his own blotchy skin and bulging eyes.Ī hare mocked a tortoise for being so slow the tortoise challenged him to a race to prove otherwise. The hares were so frightened by other animals that they did not know where to go. As soon as any animal approached them, they jumped up and ran but, as they neared the banks of a lake, a colony of frogs – frightened in their turn – scattered and jumped into the water.Ī frog climbed out of the water and croaked to the world that he was a great physician and could cure all ills. The numbering below mainly taken from Ésope Fables, Texte Établi et Traduit par Émile Chambry, Paris, 1927.
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