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Aesop's Fables: Townsend (1867)3. The Ass and the Grasshopper (Perry 184) AN ASS having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices. They replied, 'The dew.' The Ass resolved that he would live only upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger. 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. |
