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M0041 = Perry017. Source: Barlow’s Aesop 66. This is Perry 17. In some versions of this fable, the other foxes see through the trick and refuse to crop their tails!
Monday, August 23, 2010
Illustrated: Vulpes Sine Cauda
41. Vulpes Sine Cauda. In foveam incidit vulpecula et inde, cauda detruncata, occurrit multis vulpeculis. Quas cum indignabunde conspexerat, inquit, “Fraterculi, quo vaditis?” “Ad leonis basilicam eundum est nobis,” respondebant. “Ad leonis basilicam?” inquit vulpes. “Profecto, ego ab ea nuperrime redii, et mos iamiam novellus est ut omnes ferae detruncent caudas.” Quibus auditis, illico detruncabant illae suas caudas. Quas cum vidit vulpes, irrisit et consolabatur se socios, si non periculi, saltem pudoris, creavisse. Solamen miseris est socios habuisse doloris.
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