Aesop's Fables: Townsend (1867)
220. The Lion and the Three Bulls (Perry
372)
THREE BULLS for a long time pastured together. A Lion lay in ambush in
the hope of making them his prey, but was afraid to attack them while
they kept together. Having at last by guileful speeches succeeded in separating
them, he attacked them without fear as they fed alone, and feasted on
them one by one at his own leisure.
Union is strength.
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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