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Fable · Story The Dogs and the Fox Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) Ancient Greek fable tradition · Townsend translation Story
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SOME DOGS, finding the skin of a lion, began to tear it in pieces with their teeth. A Fox, seeing them, said, “If this lion were alive, you would soon find out that his claws were stronger than your teeth.” It is easy to kick a man that is down.
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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 233: The Dogs and the Fox
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