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.
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