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Aesop's Fables: Townsend (1867)275. The Hen and the Swallow (Perry 192) A HEN finding the eggs of a viper and carefully keeping them warm, nourished them into life. A Swallow, observing what she had done, said, 'You silly creature! why have you hatched these vipers which, when they shall have grown, will inflict injury on all, beginning with yourself?' 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. |
