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

50. THE EAGLE AND THE LION AS PARTNERS
Perry 335 (Babrius 99)

An eagle flew up to a lion and asked him to be his partner. 'I don't see why not,' replied the lion. 'But first you must give me your long wing-feathers as a pledge that you will keep your promise. How will I be able to trust you as a friend if you do not stay here with me?'


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.