Aesop's Fables: Sir Roger L'Estrange (1692)
164. TWO NEIGHBOUR-FROGS (Perry 69)
There were Two Neighbour-Frogs; One of them Liv’d in a Pond, and the
Other in the High-way hard-by. The Pond-Frog finding the Water begin to
fail upon the Road, would have fain have gotten T’other Frog over to her
in the Pool; where she might have been Safe; but she was wonted to the
Place, she said, and would not Remove. And what was the End on’t now,
but the Wheel of a Cart drove over her a while after, and Crush’d her
to Pieces?
THE MORAL. Some People are so Listless and Slothful, that they’ll rather
Lie still and Die in a Ditch, than stir one Finger to Help themselves
out on’t.
 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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