Three Hundred Æsop's Fables/The Flea and the Wrestler

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London: George Routledge and Sons, page 170

THE FLEA AND THE WRESTLER.

A Flea settled upon the bare foot of a Wrestler, and bit him; on which he called loudly upon Hercules for help. The Flea a second time hopped upon his foot, when he groaned and said, "O Hercules! if you will not help me against a Flea, how can I hope for your assistance against greater antagonists?"