Aesop's fables : a new version, chiefly from original sources (1882)
R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor. prt, Murray, John, Aesop, James, Thomas, 1809-1863, Tenniel, John, Sir, 1820-1914, Wolf, Joseph, 1820-1899, Whymper, Josiah Wood, 1813-1903 · London : John Murray · leaf 50
l soon see what my feet are made of. So itwas agreed that they should start at once. The Tortoisewent off jogging along, without a moments stopping, at hisusual steady pace. The Hare, treating the whole matter verylightly, said she would first take a little nap, and that sheshould soon overtake the… … Fable 39.—THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE. A Tortoise, dissatisfied with his lowly life, when he beheldso many of the birds, his neighbours, disporting themselvesin the clouds, and thinking that, if he could but once get upinto the air, he could soar with the best of them, called oneday upon an Eagle,…
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