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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.
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Author / source Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation)
Period Ancient Greek fable tradition · Townsend translation
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Three Hundred Aesop’s Fables · George Fyler Townsend translation · Fable 003: The Ass And The Grasshopper
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