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

428. THE LARK IN THE SNARE
Perry 251 (Chambry 169 *)

A lark fell into a snare and sang a lament, 'Woe is me, wretched and unlucky bird that I am! I have brought about my own demise not for gold or silver or some object of value, but merely for a tiny bit of food.'
The story shows that people are willing to risk their lives for the sake of some petty profit.


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.