A dog that is carrying a stolen piece of meat looks down as it is walking beside or crossing a stream and sees its own reflection in the water. Taking that for another dog carrying something better, it opens its mouth to attack the "other" and in doing so drops what it was carrying.

Oct 29, 2017 · The Dog and the Meat 1.05. de cane et frusto carnis Caxton: Of the dogge and of the pyece of flessh ... 1485 Aesopus moralisatus (52) book: 1521 Steinhowel (3) book: 1660 Sichem (41) book: 1667 Phaedrus (84) book: 1668 Ogilby (7) book: 1669 L'Estrange (14) book: 1687 Barlow (112)

A Dog, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water and took it for that of another Dog, with a piece of meat double his own in size. He immediately let go of his own, and fiercely attacked the other Dog to get his larger piece from him.

There is some background information about Phaedrus at wikipedia. You can find many fine editions of Phaedrus online at Google Books, including quite a few books that were created with Latin students' needs in mind. Here are the Google books in my library labeled Ph aedrus.

Dec 14, 2023 · In Aesop's Fable "The Dog and his Reflection," a greedy dog steals food from other animals until he loses a bone to his own reflection. Realizing the consequences of his greed, he learns to share and promises to change his ways.

Nov 19, 2013 · A Dog asleep in a manger filled with hay, was awakened by the Cattle, which came in tired and hungry from working in the field. But the Dog would not let them get near the manger, and snarled and snapped as if it were filled with …

A Dog, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water and took it for that of another Dog, with a piece of meat double his own in size. He immediately let go of his own, and fiercely attacked the other Dog to get his larger piece from him.

A Dog was crossing a plank bridge over a stream with a piece of meat in his mouth, when he happened to see his own reflection in the water. He thought it was another dog with a piece of meat twice as big; so he let go his own, and flew at the other dog to get the larger piece.

The Dog and the Shadow. A dog had stolen a piece of meat out of a butcher's shop and was crossing a river on his way home, when he saw his own shadow reflected in the stream below. Thinking that it was another dog with another piece of …

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