Illustrated: Grus et Lupus

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M0474 - M0475 - English - M0476

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475. Grus et Lupus. In faucibus lupi os inhaeserat. Mercede igitur conducit gruem, qui illud extrahat. Hoc grus longitudine colli facile effecit. Cum autem mercedem postularet, subridens lupus et dentibus infrendens, “Num tibi,” inquit, “parva merces videtur, quod caput incolume ex lupi faucibus extraxisti?”

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Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the colored Steinhowel images. This image definitely shows what a risk the foolish crane took in helping that wolf!

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M0475 = Perry156. Source: Collar 14. This is Perry 156. For another story about a long-beaked bird, see the stork and the fox, #469, or the heron and the hawk, #478.