Aesop's Fables: Townsend (1867)
45. The Piglet, the Sheep, and the Goat (Perry
85)
A YOUNG PIG was shut up in a fold-yard with a Goat and a Sheep. On one
occasion when the shepherd laid hold of him, he grunted and squeaked and
resisted violently. The Sheep and the Goat complained of his distressing
cries, saying, 'He often handles us, and we do not cry out.' To this the
Pig replied, 'Your handling and mine are very different things. He catches
you only for your wool, or your milk, but he lays hold on me for my very
life.'
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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