Folk Tale
The Wild Boar and the Fox
Translated From
Σῦς ἄγριος καὶ ἀλώπηξ
Author | Αἴσωπος |
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Language | Ancient Greek |
Other Translations / Adaptations
Text title | Language | Author | Publication Date |
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Het wilde zwijn en de vos | Dutch | _ | _ |
Author | George Fyler Townsend |
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Book Title | Aesop's Fables |
Publication Date | 1867 |
Language | English |
Origin | Greece |
A WILD BOAR stood under a tree and rubbed his tusks against the trunk. A Fox passing by asked him why he thus sharpened his teeth when there was no danger threatening from either huntsman or hound. He replied, "I do it advisedly; for it would never do to have to sharpen my weapons just at the time I ought to be using them."
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