Fable #295

previous | next

A young Mouse in search of adventure was running along the bank of a pond where lived a Frog. I admire your honesty, he said, and as a reward you may have all three axes, the gold and the silver as well as your own. I wasn't born until this year. You are a citizen of illustrious Athens, are you not?, asked the Dolphin politely. Tomorrow we must set to work, ourselves. The Fox arrived promptly at the time that had been set, and the Stork served a fish dinner that had a very appetizing smell. Counsel for the Wasps immediately insisted that this description fitted his clients exactly. When he catches you he is only after your wool. The clear water swarmed with fish, but Master Heron was hard to please that morning. You can never be too sure, said the Kid, when he saw the Wolf making off to the woods.

The man who talks for both sides is not to be trusted by either.