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Aesop's Fables: Townsend (1867)289. The Partridge and the Fowler (Perry 265) A FOWLER caught a Partridge and was about to kill it. The Partridge earnestly begged him to spare his life, saying, 'Pray, master, permit me to live and I will entice many Partridges to you in recompense for your mercy to me.' The Fowler replied, 'I shall now with less scruple take your life, because you are willing to save it at the cost of betraying your friends and relations.'
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. |
