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

427. THE FLIES AND THE HONEY
Perry 80 (Chambry 239 *)

When the honey had been spilled in the pantry, some flies flew up and landed on it. Their feet got stuck and they could not fly away. As they were drowning in the honey, the flies remarked, 'Oh, woe is us! For the sake of a brief banquet, we are going to die!'
The story shows that greediness often leads to serious trouble.


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.