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Aesop's Fables: Townsend (1867)169. The Ass and the Old Shepherd (Perry 476) A SHEPHERD, watching his Ass feeding in a meadow, was alarmed all of
a sudden by the cries of the enemy. He appealed to the Ass to fly with
him, lest they should both be captured, but the animal lazily replied,
'Why should I, pray? Do you think it likely the conqueror will place on
me two sets of panniers?' 'No,' rejoined the Shepherd. 'Then,' said the
Ass, 'as long as I carry the panniers, what matters it to me whom I serve?'
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. |
