Folk Tale
The Seagull and the Kite
Translated From
Λάρος καὶ ἰκτῖνος
Author | Αἴσωπος |
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Language | Ancient Greek |
Other Translations / Adaptations
Text title | Language | Author | Publication Date |
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Y wylan a’r barcud | Welsh | Gan Glan Alun | 1887 |
Title | The Seagull and the Kite |
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Original Title | Λάρος καὶ ἰκτῖνος |
Original Author | Αἴσωπος |
Original ID | trans-4565.xml |
Book Author | George Fyler Townsend |
Chapter Nr. | 144 |
Language code | eng |
A SEAGULL having bolted down too large a fish, burst its deep gullet-bag and lay down on the shore to die. A Kite saw him and exclaimed: "You richly deserve your fate; for a bird of the air has no business to seek its food from the sea." Every man should be content to mind his own business.
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