The Eagle, The Cat, And The Wild Sow
Aesop Fable: The Eagle, The Cat, And The Wild Sow
An eagle made her nest at the top of a lofty oak; a Cat,
having found a convenient hole, moved into the middle of
the trunk; and a Wild Sow, with her young, took shelter in
a hollow at its foot. The Cat cunningly resolved to destroy
this chance-made colony. To carry out her design, she
climbed to the nest of the Eagle, and said, "Destruction is
preparing for you, and for me too, unfortunately. The Wild
Sow, whom you see daily digging up the earth, wishes to
uproot the oak, so she may on its fall seize our families as
food for her young."
Having thus frightened the Eagle out of her senses, she
crept down to the cave of the Sow, and said, "Your children
are in great danger; for as soon as you go out with your
litter to find food, the Eagle is prepared to pounce upon
one of your little pigs."
Having instilled these fears into the Sow, she went and
pretended to hide herself in the hollow of the tree. When
night came she went forth with silent foot and obtained
food for herself and her kittens, but feigning to be afraid,
she kept a lookout all through the day. Meanwhile, the
Eagle, full of fear of the Sow, sat still on the branches, and
the Sow, terrified by the Eagle, did not dare to go out from
her cave. And thus they both, along with their families,
perished from hunger, and afforded ample provision for the
Cat and her kittens.
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