The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner
Aesop Fable: The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner
A trumpeter, bravely leading on the soldiers, was captured
by the enemy. He cried out to his captors, "Pray spare
me, and do not take my life without cause or without inquiry.
I have not slain a single man of your troop. I have no
arms, and carry nothing but this one brass trumpet."
"That is the very reason for which you should be put to
death," they said; "for, while you do not fight yourself,
your trumpet stirs all the others to battle."
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