The Widow And Her Little Maidens
Aesop Fable: The Widow And Her Little Maidens
A widow who was fond of cleaning had two little maidens
to wait on her. She was in the habit of waking them early
in the morning, at rooster crow. The maidens, aggravated by
such excessive labor, resolved to kill the rooster who roused
their mistress so early.
When they had done this, they found
that they had only prepared for themselves greater troubles,
for their mistress, no longer hearing the hour from the rooster,
woke them up to their work in the middle of the night.
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