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

310. THE CAT AND THE HEN
Perry 7 (Babrius 121)

There was a hen who was not feeling well. The cat bent over her and said, 'How are you? Is there anything you need? I will bring you whatever you want; please just take care of yourself.' 'I'll live,' said the hen, 'if you will just go away!'

Note: This story is also found in Plutarch, On Brotherly Love 12.

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.