Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Partridge and the Fowler

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3900309Æsop's Fables: A New Translation — The Partridge and the FowlerVernon S. Vernon JonesAesop

THE PARTRIDGE AND THE FOWLER

A FOWLER caught a Partridge in his nets, and was just about to wring its neck when it made a piteous appeal to him to spare its life and said, “Do not kill me, but let me live and I will repay you for your kindness by decoying other partridges into your nets.” “No,” said the Fowler, “I will not spare you. I was going to kill you anyhow, and after that treacherous speech you thoroughly deserve your fate.”