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Aesop's Fables: Townsend (1867)

172. The Hares and the Foxes (Perry 256)

THE HARES waged war with the Eagles, and called upon the Foxes to help them. They replied, 'We would willingly have helped you, if we had not known who you were, and with whom you were fighting.'
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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.