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Aesop's Fables, translated by Laura Gibbs (2002)

220. THE DOLPHINS AND THE WHALES
Perry 62 (Babrius 39)

The dolphins were always at war with the whales. A crab came forward to mediate between them, as if someone without any public reputation could bring about a peace between warring kings!

Note: For a bramble bush who makes the same foolish gesture, see Fable 201.


Source: Aesop's Fables. A new translation by Laura Gibbs. Oxford University Press (World's Classics): Oxford, 2002.
NOTE: New cover, with new ISBN, published in 2008; contents of book unchanged.