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Aesop’s Fables, THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE

THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE

A Tortoise, discontented with his lowly life, and envious of the birds he saw disporting themselves in the air, begged an Eagle to teach him to fly. The Eagle protested that it was idle for him to try, as nature had not provided him with wings; but the Tortoise pressed him with entreaties and promises of treasure, insisting that it could only be a question of learning the craft of the air. So at length the Eagle consented to do the best he could for him, and picked him up in his talons. Soaring with him to a great height in the sky he then let him go, and the wretched Tortoise fell headlong and was dashed to pieces on a rock.

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THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE LA TORTUE ET L'AIGLE

A Tortoise, discontented with his lowly life, and envious of the birds he saw disporting themselves in the air, begged an Eagle to teach him to fly. Une tortue, mécontente de sa vie modeste et envieuse des oiseaux qu'elle voyait s'amuser dans les airs, supplia un aigle de lui apprendre à voler. The Eagle protested that it was idle for him to try, as nature had not provided him with wings; but the Tortoise pressed him with entreaties and promises of treasure, insisting that it could only be a question of learning the craft of the air. L'Aigle protesta qu'il était inutile d'essayer, puisque la nature ne l'avait pas doté d'ailes ; mais la Tortue le pressa de supplications et de promesses de trésors, insistant sur le fait qu'il ne pouvait s'agir que d'apprendre le métier de l'air. So at length the Eagle consented to do the best he could for him, and picked him up in his talons. L'aigle consentit alors à faire de son mieux pour lui et le prit dans ses serres. Soaring with him to a great height in the sky he then let him go, and the wretched Tortoise fell headlong and was dashed to pieces on a rock. S'élevant avec elle à une grande hauteur dans le ciel, il la lâcha, et la malheureuse tortue tomba la tête la première et s'écrasa sur un rocher.