Aesop's Fables: Townsend (1867)
177. The Bull and the Calf (Perry 531)
A BULL was striving with all his might to squeeze himself through a narrow
passage which led to his stall. A young Calf came up, and offered to go
before and show him the way by which he could manage to pass. 'Save yourself
the trouble,' said the Bull; 'I knew that way long before you were born.'
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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