The Fox and the Eagle. While the fox's pups were running around outside, they were snatched by the eagle and called out for their mother's protection. The fox ran up and asked the eagle to let her captured children go free. The eagle, having obtained her prey, swooped up to her chicks. The fox grabbed a torch as if she were going to set the nest on fire and chased after the eagle. The eagle, trembling, then said, "Spare me and my little children, and whatever I have of yours I will give back."
Vulpes et Aquila. Dum Vulpis proles foris excurrebant, ab Aquila comprehensae, matris fidem implorabant. Accurrit Vulpes Aquilamque rogat ut captivam prolem dimittat. Aquila, nacta praedam, ad pullos subvolat. Vulpes, correpta face quasi nidum incendio absumptura esset, insequitur. Trepidans Aquila, "Parce" inquit "mihi parvisque liberis, et tuum quidquid habeo reddidero."
Notes. This is Barlow 10, which is Perry 1 in Perry's classification scheme. There are two quite different versions of this story. In one type, represented here, the fox threatens to destroy the eagle's nest and succeeds in getting her pups back. In the other type, the eagle's nest does catch fire and all her chicks are burned to death as punishment for her wicked treatment of the fox.
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