Aesop's Fables: Sir Roger L'Estrange (1692)
143. A LARK IN A NET (Perry 251)
A poor Lark enter'd into a miserable Expostulation with a Bird-Catcher,
that had Taken her in his Net, and was just about to put her to Death.
Alas, (says she) What am I to Die for now? I am no Theif; I have Stol'n
neither Gold, not Silver; but for making Bold with One Pitiful Grain of
Corn am I now to Suffer.
THE MORAL. 'Tis to no Purpose to stand Reasoning, where the Adversary
is both Party and Judge.
 L'Estrange originally published his version of the fables in 1692. There is a
very nice illustrated edition in the Children's Classics series by Knopf: Sir
Roger L'Estrange. Aesop
- Fables which is available at amazon.com.
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