M0344 (not in Perry). Source: Abstemius 41. This fable is not in Perry’s catalog; Perry omitted most of Abstemius’s fables. For another story about animal education, see the story of the two horses, #267.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Image: Sus et Canis Venaticus
344. Sus et Canis Venaticus. Sus irridebat canem odorisequum, qui domino murmure et cauda adularetur, a quo ad artem aucupatoriam multis verberibus auriumque vellicationibus fuerat instructus. Cui canis “Nescis, inquit, “insane, quae ex verberibus illis sim consecutus? Per ea enim suavissimis perdicum coturnicumque carnibus vescor.”
