A Dove shut up in a cage was boasting of the large number of the young ones which she had hatched. A Crow, hearing her, said: "My good friend, cease from this unreasonable boasting. The larger the number of your family, the greater your cause of sorrow, in seeing them shut up in this prison-house." Aesop Author of the Fable: The Dove and the Crow Nationality of Aesop - Ethiopian or Greek or Greek Lifespan of Aesop - He lived approximately 620 - 560 BC Life of Aesop - Slave - Author of the book of fables Famous Works - Aesop's Fable book featuring: "The Goose With the Golden Eggs", "The Fisher", "The Dove and the Crow" and "The Sick Lion"
The Dove and the Crow Fable A Free Aesop's Fable with a moral for kids & children Moral: To enjoy our blessings we must have freedom. |