Aesop's Fables: Sir Roger L'Estrange (1692)
23. A MOUNTAIN IN LABOUR (Perry 520)
When Mountains cry out, People may well be excus’d the Apprehension of
some prodigious Birth. This was the Case here in the Fable. The Neighbourhood
were all at their Wits end, to consider what would be the Issue of that
Labour, and instead of the dreadful Monster that they expected, out comes
at last a ridiculous Mouse.
THE MORAL Much Ado about Nothing
 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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