Illustrated: Ranae et Puer

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M0605 - M0606 - M0607

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606. Ranae et Puer. Lascivus puer, ad stagnum conspicatus ranas exerentes capitula de aquis, per lusum saxis illas appetebat deque illis iugulabat multas. Tum una, “Iste quidem puer,” inquit, “ut videtis, ludit; nostrae autem sorores moriuntur.”

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Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Milo Winter images. In the image, the poor frogs are being tormented by more than one boy, judging by the number of legs!

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M0606 (not in Perry). Source: Camerarius 417. This fable is not in Perry’s catalog. Camerarius’s Latin story became widely known thanks to being included in La Motte’s French fables.