Aesop's Fables: Townsend (1867)
168. The Woman and Her Hen (Perry 58)
A WOMAN possessed a Hen that gave her an egg every day. She often pondered
how she might obtain two eggs daily instead of one, and at last, to gain
her purpose, determined to give the Hen a double allowance of barley.
From that day the Hen became fat and sleek, and never once laid another
egg.
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
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