The Mouse, The Frog, And The Hawk
Aesop Fable: The Mouse, The Frog, And The Hawk
A Mouse who always lived on the land, by an unlucky
chance formed an intimate acquaintance with a Frog, who
lived for the most part in the water.
The Frog, one day
intent on mischief, bound the foot of the Mouse tightly to
his own. Thus joined together, the Frog first of all led his
friend the Mouse to the meadow where they were accustomed
to find their food.
After this, he gradually led him
towards the pool in which he lived, until reaching the very
brink, he suddenly jumped in, dragging the Mouse with
him. The Frog enjoyed the water amazingly, and swam croaking
about, as if he had done a good deed.
The unhappy
Mouse was soon suffocated by the water, and his dead body
floated about on the surface, tied to the foot of the Frog.
A Hawk observed it, and, pouncing upon it with his talons,
carried it aloft. The Frog, being still fastened to the
leg of the Mouse, was also carried off a prisoner, and was
eaten by the Hawk.
Harm hatch, harm catch.
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