Folk Tale
The Bull and the Calf
Translated From
Taurus et Vitulus
| Author | Phaedrus | 
|---|---|
| Book Title | Fabulae Aesopiae | 
| Publication Date | 41 | 
| Language | Latin | 
Other Translations / Adaptations
| Text title | Language | Author | Publication Date | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Taureau et le Veau | French | _ | _ | 
| Author | C. Smart | 
|---|---|
| Book Title | The Fables of Phaedrus | 
| Publication Date | 1887 | 
| Language | English | 
| Origin | Italy | 
A Bull was struggling to secure His passage at a narrow door, And scarce could reach the rack of hay, His horns so much were in his way. A Calf officious, fain would show How he might twist himself and go. "Hold thou thy prate; all this," says he, Ere thou wert calved was known to me." He, that a wiser man by half Would teach, may think himself this Calf.
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