The Swallow and the Crow

by Aesop

THE SWALLOW and the Crow had a contention about their plumage. The Crow put an end to the dispute by saying: Your feathers are all very well in the spring, but mine protect me against the winter.

Moral:
Fine weather friends are not worth much.

Source:

Aesop's Fables
Copyright 1881
Translator: unknown
WM. L. Allison, New York
Illustrator: Harrison Weir, John Tenniel, Ernest Griset, et.al.
 

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