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Aesop's Fables: Townsend (1867)245. The Sparrow and the Hare (Perry 473) A HARE pounced upon by an eagle sobbed very much and uttered cries like a child. A Sparrow upbraided her and said, 'Where now is thy remarkable swiftness of foot? Why were your feet so slow?' While the Sparrow was thus speaking, a hawk suddenly seized him and killed him. The Hare was comforted in her death, and expiring said, 'Ah! you who so lately, when you supposed yourself safe, exulted over my calamity, have now reason to deplore a similar misfortune.' 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. |
