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Fable · Story The Bull and the Calf Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) Ancient Greek fable tradition · Townsend translation Story
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A BULL was striving with all his might to squeeze himself through a narrow passage which led to his stall. A young Calf came up, and offered to go before and show him the way by which he could manage to pass. “Save yourself the trouble,” said the Bull; “I knew that way long before you were born.”
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Author / source Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation)
Period Ancient Greek fable tradition · Townsend translation
Form Story
Languages English
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Three Hundred Aesop’s Fables · George Fyler Townsend translation · Fable 184: The Bull and the Calf
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