Illustrated: Carduelis et Puer

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M0506 - M0507 - M0508

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507. Carduelis et Puer. Carduelis avis, interrogata a puero, a quo in deliciis habita et suavibus et largis cibis nutrita fuerat, cur cavea egressa regredi nollet. “Ut meo,” inquit, “me arbitratu, non tuo, pascere possim.”

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Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the images in Bewick's Select Fables. This image is not for the same fable as the story given here, but it fits nicely!

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M0507 (not in Perry). Source: Abstemius 43. This fable is not in Perry’s catalog; Perry omitted most of Abstemius’s fables. For another story about an unhappy pet bird, see #455.