Aesop's Fables: Townsend (1867)
111. The Rivers and the Sea (Perry
412)
THE RIVERS joined together to complain to the Sea, saying, 'Why is it
that when we flow into your tides so potable and sweet, you work in us
such a change, and make us salty and unfit to drink?' The Sea, perceiving
that they intended to throw the blame on him, said, 'Pray cease to flow
into me, and then you will not be made briny.'
George Fyler Townsend's translation of the fables, first published in 1867, is
in the public domain and can be found at many websites, including Project
Gutenberg.
Illustrations come from: Aesop's Fables, by George Fyler Townsend, with
illustrations by Harrison Weir, 1867, at Google
Books. |