The Swollen Fox

A VERY HUNGRY FOX, seeing some bread and meat left by shepherds in the

hollow of an oak, crept into the hole and made a hearty meal. When he

finished, he was so full that he was not able to get out, and began to

groan and lament his fate. Another Fox passing by heard his cries, and

coming up, inquired the cause of his complaining. On learning what had

happened, he said to him, “Ah, you will have to remain there, my

friend, until you become such as you were when you crept in, and then

you will easily get out.”

Three hundred Aesop’s fables Translated by George Fyler Townsend · 第 147 / 325 题