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Aesop's Fables: Townsend (1867)129. The Hunter and the Woodman (Perry 326) A HUNTER, not very bold, was searching for the tracks of a Lion. He asked
a man felling oaks in the forest if he had seen any marks of his footsteps
or knew where his lair was. 'I will,' said the man, 'at once show you
the Lion himself.' The Hunter, turning very pale and chattering with his
teeth from fear, replied, 'No, thank you. I did not ask that; it is his
track only I am in search of, not the Lion himself.' George Fyler Townsend's translation of the fables, first published in 1867, is in the public domain and can be found at many websites, including Project Gutenberg. Illustrations come from: Aesop's Fables, by George Fyler Townsend, with illustrations by Harrison Weir, 1867, at Google Books. |
