Aesop's Fables: Townsend (1867)
75. The Cat and the Birds (Perry 7)
A CAT, hearing that the Birds in a certain aviary were ailing dressed
himself up as a physician, and, taking his cane and a bag of instruments
becoming his profession, went to call on them. He knocked at the door
and inquired of the inmates how they all did, saying that if they were
ill, he would be happy to prescribe for them and cure them. They replied,
'We are all very well, and shall continue so, if you will only be good
enough to go away, and leave us as we are.'
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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