Townsend 287. The Dog and the Oyster

Aesop's Fables: Townsend (1867)

287. The Dog and the Oyster (Perry 253)

A DOG, used to eating eggs, saw an Oyster and, opening his mouth to its widest extent, swallowed it down with the utmost relish, supposing it to be an egg. Soon afterwards suffering great pain in his stomach, he said, 'I deserve all this torment, for my folly in thinking that everything round must be an egg.'
They who act without sufficient thought, will often fall into unsuspected danger.

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.