Litscape.com

Link To This Page

The Dog Whose Ears Were Cropped

By Aesop


Learn from the misfortune of others.

A DOG complained of the cruelty of her master in cutting off her ears, and was so ashamed of her appearance that she resolved to stay in her kennel with her family. A friendly hunting dog said to her: If you had been peaceful, and not always fighting, you would have saved your ears and your good looks. If you will fight, it is a kindness to crop your ears, that they may not give your enemy the advantage.

Moral:
Happy is the man who learns from the misfortunes of others.

Source Book

Aesop's Fables

by Aesop

Translated by unknown
Illustrated by: Harrison Weir, John Tenniel, Ernest Griset, et.al.
Copyright 1881
Published by WM. L. Allison, New York

Recommended:

The Wolf and the House-dog
The Dog Invited To Supper
The Hare and the Hound
The Man Bitten by a Dog
The Dogs and the Fox
The Kid and the Wolf (1)
The Horse and the Wolf
The Dog, Cock, and Fox
The Dog and the Oyster
The Old Hound
Tribute. To The Memory Of The Same Dog.
The Thief and the Housedog
The Dogs and the Hides
The Brazier and His Dog
The Dog and the Hare
The Mischievous Dog
The Twa Dogs
The Dog and the Shadow
The Dog in the Manger
Incident Characteristic Of A Favorite Dog
The Dog And His Master's Dinner
The Fawn and His Mother
The Fox and the Woodcutter

 

To Link To This Page

If you have a website and feel that a link to this page would fit in nicely with the content of your pages, please feel free to link to this page. Copy and paste the following html into your webpage. (You may modify the link text to suit your needs).

This link will look like this:

The Dog Whose Ears Were Cropped
by Aesop


Home | Authors | Poems | Fables | Songs
Themes | Elements of Poetry | About | Contact
Website design by
The Bitmill® Inc.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada		 Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Valid CSS!