A Man once caught a Weasel, which was always sneaking about the house, and was just going to drown it in a tub of water, when it begged hard for its life, and said to him, "Surely you haven't the heart to put me to death?Think how useful I have been in clearing your house of the mice and lizards which used to infest it, and show your gratitude by sparing my life.""You have not been altogether useless, I grant you," said the Man: "but who killed the fowls?Who stole the meat?No, no!You do much more harm than good, and die you shall."
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THE WEASEL AND THE MAN
A Man once caught a Weasel, which was always sneaking about the house, and was just going to drown it in a tub of water, when it begged hard for its life, and said to him, "Surely you haven't the heart to put me to death?Think how useful I have been in clearing your house of the mice and lizards which used to infest it, and show your gratitude by sparing my life.""You have not been altogether useless, I grant you," said the Man: "but who killed the fowls?Who stole the meat?No, no!You do much more harm than good, and die you shall."
