Aesop's Fables: Townsend (1867)
245. The Sparrow and the Hare (Perry
473)
A HARE pounced upon by an eagle sobbed very much and uttered cries like
a child. A Sparrow upbraided her and said, 'Where now is thy remarkable
swiftness of foot? Why were your feet so slow?' While the Sparrow was
thus speaking, a hawk suddenly seized him and killed him. The Hare was
comforted in her death, and expiring said, 'Ah! you who so lately, when
you supposed yourself safe, exulted over my calamity, have now reason
to deplore a similar misfortune.'
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
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