Folk Tale

The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox

Translated From

Λέων καὶ ἄρκτος καὶ ἀλώπηξ

AuthorΑἴσωπος
LanguageAncient Greek

Other Translations / Adaptations

Text titleLanguageAuthorPublication Date
De Leeuw, de Beer en de VosDutchKoen Van den Bruele_
De leeuw, de beer en de vosDutch__
TitleThe Lion, the Bear, and the Fox
Original TitleΛέων καὶ ἄρκτος καὶ ἀλώπηξ
Original AuthorΑἴσωπος
Original IDtrans-4574.xml
Book AuthorGeorge Fyler Townsend
Chapter Nr.141
Language codeeng

A LION and a Bear seized a Kid at the same moment, and fought fiercely for its possession. When they had fearfully lacerated each other and were faint from the long combat, they lay down exhausted with fatigue. A Fox, who had gone round them at a distance several times, saw them both stretched on the ground with the Kid lying untouched in the middle. He ran in between them, and seizing the Kid scampered off as fast as he could. The Lion and the Bear saw him, but not being able to get up, said, "Woe be to us, that we should have fought and belabored ourselves only to serve the turn of a Fox." It sometimes happens that one man has all the toil, and another all the profit.


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