Folk Tale

The Dove and the Crow

Translated From

Περιστερὰ καὶ κορώνη

AuthorΑἴσωπος
LanguageAncient Greek
AuthorGeorge Fyler Townsend
Book TitleAesop's Fables
Publication Date1867
LanguageEnglish
OriginGreece

A DOVE shut up in a cage was boasting of the large number of young ones which she had hatched. A Crow hearing her, said: "My good friend, cease from this unseasonable boasting. The larger the number of your family, the greater your cause of sorrow, in seeing them shut up in this prison-house."


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