Folk Tale
The Jackdaw and the Fox
Title | The Jackdaw and the Fox |
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Original Title | Κολοιὸς καὶ ἀλώπηξ. |
Original Author | Αἴσωπος |
Original ID | trans-4529.xml |
Book Author | George Fyler Townsend |
Chapter Nr. | 258 |
Language code | eng |
A HALF-FAMISHED JACKDAW seated himself on a fig-tree, which had produced some fruit entirely out of season, and waited in the hope that the figs would ripen. A Fox seeing him sitting so long and learning the reason of his doing so, said to him, "You are indeed, sir, sadly deceiving yourself; you are indulging a hope strong enough to cheat you, but which will never reward you with enjoyment."
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