Folk Tale

The Dog in the River

Translated From

Canis per fluvium carnem ferens

AuthorPhaedrus
Book TitleFabulae Aesopiae
Publication Date41
LanguageLatin

Other Translations / Adaptations

Text titleLanguageAuthorPublication Date
Le Chien nageant. French__
AuthorC. Smart
Book TitleThe Fables of Phaedrus
Publication Date1887
ATU34A
LanguageEnglish
OriginItaly

The churl that wants another's fare Deserves at least to lose his share. As through the stream a Dog convey'd A piece of meat, he spied his shade In the clear mirror of the flood, And thinking it was flesh and blood, Snapp'd to deprive him of the treat:- But mark the glutton's self-defeat, Miss'd both another's and his own, Both shade and substance, beef and bone.


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