Hesitant Wolf &Scrunulous Fox Fables Selected from World Literature
Edited and with an Introduction b\7 Karen Kennerly H esitantWolf Sc rupulous Fox: Fables Selected from W orld Literature
EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION by Karen Kennerly
ANDOM HOUSE : NEW YORR Copyright © 1973 by Karen Kennerly All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Con- ventions. Publislied in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Designed by Antonina Krass Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Kennerly, Karen, comp. Hesitant wolf and scrupulous fox.
SUMMARY: Over 150 fables selected from 4,000 years of literature. !.F a b les. [1. Fables] I. Title ة.i١Ng82.K4 39117693-77 452'2 ISBN 0-304-46496-6
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لﺀﺀ FOREWORD INTRODUCTION
PART ONE
1. Cynical fables, in which we are doomed no matter how exemplary our behavior may be
A Little Fable—Franz Kafka Tlte Sea-Bird— Chuang Tzu Tlie Snake and tlie Shepherd—Greece Tlie Hawk and the Nightingale—Hesiod Poor Blossom— R/ze Panchatantra Tlie Obedient Dog—Ignacy Krasicki A Fox and a Dragon—Roger L’Estrange Keeper of the Royal Hat—Hon Fei Tzu Lennon „ د—Randolf's Party Tlie Nut and tlie Campanile—Leonardo Do Vinci Sick Kite and Her Mother—Roger L’Estrange
2. Failles of gentle warning: Instruction suffices as due punishment
Zeus and the Horse— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Tlie Story of the Hungry Elephant—Rtdn (Kamerun) TYxt Rose—j o h a i GotttrieA-uon Herder The Lion and the Mouse—Robriws Cock in His Litter—^esop Fable of tlie Man and of tlie Lyori— William Caxton The Acorn and the Pumpkin—To Fontaine Cliuang Chou Hunting—c^oong Tzu Tlie Mouse's Hole—tlie Kojiki 3. Fables which are peopled by those who never will perceive the foolishness of their actions
Marten and the File— Aesop Nero's Respite—c. p. Cavafy The Two Matches— Robert Louis Stevenson Drowning Mouse— Babrius TJie Frog fealous of tlie Ox— La Fontaine Tlie Monkey and tlie Spectacles—ban Krylov Crow's Fall— Ted Hughes esop ك—The Snail and tlie Mirror How tlie Hail' of W omen Is Tong, tlie Understanding Sliort, anti What a Gliastly Lack of Appreciation Tliere Is in Tliem for Genius— W illiam Saroyan Fable of tlie Mermaid and tlie Drunks—TrtWo Neruda Coyote Goes Fishing— Furo^ The Narrow Spoonful—ywho Cortdzar
4. Fables which make social and political statements
Hares and Lions— Aesop Tlie Wasps— G. E. Lessing The Companions of Ulysses—Tfl Fontaine Y‘\s\x Soup— ban Krylou A Counsel of Birds foi' Cliusing More Kings—Toger L ’Estrange A Fox and a Hedge-Hog—Toger L ’Estrange 4'lie Ostricli— G. E. Lessing XbxViXegg— b a n Khemmitser The Frogs Asketl for a King— Phaedrus Tlie Squirrel—baw Krylov Tlie Rat Recluse—Ta Fontaine 5• Variant plays on the same fables
Sword-Fish and Whale— Edmund Spenser Elephant and tlie Ant — Edmund Spenser Story of the Old Wolf—G. E. Lessing The Fox and tlie Crow— Thurber Dog anti His Shadow— Babrins Clihang Shuliang in the Moonlight—HsW Tzil A Country Afouse and a Town Mouse— Horace Feltl Mowse and Towny Mowse— Thomas Wyatt Tlie Hedgeliog and tlie Hare—Geo Tolstoy Heron and Humming-bird—MwsÄogce Vebster'[ ا ر0ر—Tlie Ci'ocodile in Need of a Surgeon Patient Forbearance—ßtibriws Tlie Dog and tlie Dates— Sumer oger LEstrange؛/—The Fox anti tlie Crapes Fox anti Grapes—Gfl Fontaine Ftix anti Grapes— G. Lessing T lie Fox anti tlie Grapes— OowflW Gear Tlie Alookse anti tlie Gripes— Joyce
6. Fables juxtaposed to display various aspects of faliulotts animals
WMf Robbed— Babrins The Wolf, tlie Mother and tlie Child—Ga Fontaine Tlie Fable of tlie Wulf and of tlie Lambe— William Caxton Tlie Cat anti tlie Nightingale— Ivan Krylov The Wolf and tlie Fox—Gt Fontaine Fox on tlie Way to Mecca— T. G. Lawrence I lie Raccoon anti tlie Crawfish— Mississagua 'rile Raccoon and tlie Crawhsli, II—Plains Ojibiva A Fayr Parable of tlie Foxe and tlie Wulf— William Caxton
:XVII The Donkey and tlie Jackal— The Panchatantra Birds, Beasts and Bat — Leonard Jenkin Ape, - and Bird— The Panchatantra An Ape Judge Betwixt a Fox and a Wolf— Roger L’Estrange Gnat and tlie Bull— Babylonian/Babrius How tlte Pompous Remark of tlie Turtle Spoiled tlie Fast Moments of tlie Fion Who Was Sliot by a Hunter but Was Still Proud and Lonely— William Saroyan An Eagle and a Daw— Roger L’Estrange Tlie Ant and tlie Caterpillar— Christopher Smart The Grasshopper and tlie Ant—La lo n la in e Dancing out Sand— American Eolk Tlie Lemming and tlie Owl — Eskimo Tlie Tortoise and tlie Hippo and tlie Elephant—Ruht {Kamerun) Man mid tlie Weasel— Babrius /L ’Estrange The Man and tlie Snake—La Fontaine
7. Various oral and literary' modes which irarrate fahles
File Fox and tlie Stork — Phaedrus T he Fox anti tlie Turkeys— La Fontaine T lie Ass and tlie Fox— G. E. Lessing At Gourd-Patch Rise Old Lady lunco Had Hei' Home and Coyote—Zuui Tlie Goat Without a Beard—John Gay Tlie Two Dogs—Sumer Piscator’s Pleasantry—fiabrius Tlie l.'i-ogs Tliat Rode Snakeback— T e Panchatantra Tlie Fable of tlie Ape and of His Two Children— William Caxton
XVIII: The Owl and the Sun—Roger [ ’Estrange When Brer 'Possum Attend Miss Fox’s House-Party— American Folk Fish Dance—Tan Krylov
8. Fables couched in other literary fornrs
The Cock and tlie Fox: Or, Tlie Tale of tlie Nun’s Priest, from Chaucer— Dryden Tlie Fable of the Belly and tlie Members— IVilliam Shakespeare Tlie Lady and tlie Bear— Theodore Roethke Tlie Plot Against tlie Giant— Wallace Stevens On Angels—DonaW Barthelme
PARI' TWO
"Fables are a succession of clianges.”
VVxe Fox •and Meer— American Indian Mother Crab— Babrius T he Cartlioi’ses and the <؟OY\Sadd\e e— Robert Louis Steuenson ١ '!'lie Feather-Eared Owl and tlie Blind Ass— Luan Krylov'!'lie AreueRery— Leonardo Da Vinci Tlie Rat and tlie Oyster—La Fontaine Prodigal—A esop F،؛ble of tlie Man and of the Cod of tlie Wodes— William Caxton The Tiger and tlie Persimmon—Aorea The Fox—Stoner ach\— The Panchatantra AXxe Vdxve ٦١ Niglitingale and Bat—Aesop/L’Estrange A Lion and an Asse—Toger [ ’Estrange Beans and Husks—Aen^d Tlie Wounded Pine Tree—Babrius The Mice That Ate Iron— The Panchatantra Tlie Bottle-Bird and tire Monkey— India A Camel at First Sight— Roger L’Estrange AXxe Foxes— FiSkimo The Two Monkeys—,idn Gay Tlie Astonishing Pigeon — Leonard Jenkin Webster ﺳﻠﻤﺎ Salmon and a Dog-Fish /—A Coyote anti His Wife— ILiniu A Physician that Clir’tl Mad-Men— Roger L’Estrange The Dolls— William Butler Yeats Tlie Rich Man of Sung—Han Fei Tzu Mountain in Labor—Ta Fontaine The Clod and tlie Pebble— IFiTiani Blake Clow-W orm—Janies Bosivell '1'lie Skunk and His Family—Sioux You Are Too Kind — Babrius The Fable of tlie Wulf and t)f tlie Dogge— William Caxton A Very Real Story— Cortdzar Still Moral— Marvin Cohen 1 ؛ A Faille with Black Marten— Aesop 1'lie Fox—^inu Stfii.ies Are A n a n siS — Trinidad.All Faille of tlie Wulf anti of tlie Hongry Dogge— William Caxton —lalm untl Sficnser ة٠ع \\\\ VXxe' ؛—The Owl Ultl tlie Tw o Rabbits ؛—U ltl tlie Tw o Rabbits The Dove anti tlie Fox—Marie de France The Woman and tlie ]tig— A ristophanes n da wan Islands ك AVtiodjiecker ancl tlie T oad—AVtiodjiecker— The M ole— Aesop The Moon Beg'S a New Cown—Tiger L Estrange ؛Snake Ultl Child— American ؛C hild— Am erican A Lamb, a Wolf and a Coat—Tiger L ’Estrange The Very Long Tale of an Ass and His Driver—Leonard Jenkin Tlie Story of tlie Crocodile— Landau The Cock and the Fox— Marie de France The \V7olf on His Deathbed— G. E. Lessing Story with No Moral— Cortdzar
Diographical Notes oil the Fabulists
Index i Index
ACORN AND THE PUMPKIN, THE, 36 CAMEL AT FIRST SIGHT, A, 254 Aesop, 34, 43, 51, 59, 240, 276, CARTHORSES AND THE SADDLEHORSE, T H E , 235 2(؛2 Aesop/L’Estrange, 246 CAT AND THE NIGHTINGALE, THE, Ainu, 277 ALL STORIES ARE ANANSI'S, 278 Cavafy, C.P., 44 American Folk, 152, 183, 294 Caxton, William, 35, 124, 132, 3 ة 2 27, 2 24, 1 , ا 8 ا American Intlian, 233 Andaman Islantls, 291 CIILANG CHOL HLNTING, 38
ANT AND TI'IE CATERPILLAR, THE, CHÜANG SHL-LIANG i n m o o n l i g h t , .49-50 APE, GLOW-WORM, AND BIRD, 144 Chuang Tzu, 16, 38 APE .JUDGE BETWIXT A FOX AND A CLOD AND THE PEBBLE, THE, 268 W O L F , A N , 145 COCK AND THE FOX, THE, 299 Aristophanes, 290 COCK AND THE FOX, THE: OR, THE
ASS AND THE FOX, THE, 166 TALE OF THE NLN'S PRIEST, ASTONISHING PIGEON, THE, 259-fio FROM CHALCER, 191-217 AT GOURD-PATCH RISE OLD LADY COCK IN HIS LITTER, 3 4 JUNCO HAD HER HOME AND Cohen, Marvin, 275 COMPANIONS OF ULYSSES, THE, 61- ة C O Y O T E , 1 7
Cortäzar, Julio, 55, 274, 302 Babrius, 33, 47, 92, 103, 121, 175, COUNSEL OF BIRDS FOR CHUSING 2,44. 249, 271 MORE KINGS, A, 67 Babrius/Babylonian, 146 COUNTRY MOUSE AND A TOWN Babrius/L’Estrange, 156 M O U SE, A , 94 Babylonian/Babrius, 146 COYOTE AND HIS WIFE, 262 Barthelme, Donald, 224-26 COYOTE GOES FISHING, 5 4
BEANS AND HUSKS, 248 CROCODILE IN NEED OF A SURGEON, BIRDS, BEASTS AND BAT, 142 1'1'IE, 10 2 BLACK MARTEN, THE, 276 CROW'S FALL, 50 Blake, William, 268 BLUE .JACKAL, THE, 244 DANCING OUT .SAND, 152 Boswell, James, 269 Da Vinci, Leonardo, 25, 237 BOULEBIRD AND THE MONKEY, DOG AND HIS SHADOW, 92
t h e , 253 DOG AND THE DATES, THE, 104 Bulu (Kamerun) , 31, 154 DOLLS, THE, 265 DONKEY AND THE JACKAL, THE, FOX AND THE GRAPES, THE, 105
1 3 8 - 1 4 1 FOX AND THE GRAPES, THE, 108 DOVE AND THE FOX, THE, 289 FOX AND THE STORK, THE, 163
DROWNING MOUSE, 4 7 FOX AND THE TURKEYS, THE, 164
Dryden, John, 1 9 1 - 2 1 7 FOXES, THE, 255 FOX ON THE WAY TO MECCA, 128
EAGLE AND A DAW, AN, 148 de Fiance, Marie, 289, 299
ELEPHANT AND THE ANT, 81 FROG JEALOUS OF THE ox, T H E , 48 Eskimo, 153, 255, 288 FROGS ASKED FOR A KING, THE, 7 3 FROGS THAT RODE SNAKEBACK, THE,
FABLE OF 'THE APE AND OF HIS
TWO CHILDREN, THE, 181
ة FABLE OF THE BELLY AND THE Gay, John, 171, 26
MEMBERS, THE, 218 Gear, Donald, 108
FABLE OF THE MAN AND OF THE GLOW-WORM, THE, 269
GOD OF THE WODES, 241 GNAT AND THE BULL, 146
f a b l e o f t h e XIAN AND OF THE GOAT WITHOUT A BEARD, THE, 171
L Y O N , 3 5 GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANT, THE.
FABLE OF THE MERMAID AND 'THE D R U N K S, 53 Greece, 17
f a b l e o f t h e WULF AND OF THE
DOGGE, T'l'IE, 272-73 Han Fei Tzu, 23, 266
FABLE OF THE WULF AND OF THE HARES AND LIONS, 5 9
IIONGRY DOGGE, 283-86 HAWK AND THE NIGHTINGALE, THE.
FABLE OF THE WULF AND OF THE
LAMBE, TI-IE, 124 HEDGEHOG AND THE HARE, THE, 9 9 ,1 TH A STILL. XLORAL, A, von Herder, Johann Gottfried\١ F A B L E
FAYR PARABLE OF THE FOXE AND HERON AND HUMMING-BIRD, 101
THE WULF, A, 132-37 Hesiod, 19 FEATHER-EARED OWL AND THE Horace, 94
BLIND ASS, THE, 236 HOW THE HAIR OF WOMEN IS FELD MOWSE AND TOWNY MOUSE, LONG, THE UNDERSTANDING SHORT, AND WHAT A GHASTLY
FISH DANCE, 186 LACK OF APPRECIATION THERE
FISH SOUP, 65-66 IS IN THEM FOR GENIUS, 52
FOX, THE, 243 HOW THE POMPOUS REMARK OF
F O X , 2 7 7 THE TURTLE SPOILED THE I.AS'T FOX AND A DRAGON, A, 2 2 MOMENTS OF THE LION WHO
FOX AND A IIEDGE-HOG, A, 67 WAS SHOT- BY A HUNTER BUT
FOX AND DEER, THE, 233 WAS STILL PROUD AND LONELY,
FOX AND GRAPES, 106
FOX AND THE GRAPES, THE, 107 Hsiin Tzu, 93
FOX AND THE CROW, THE, 88 Hughes, Ted, 50 IMAGE, THE, 287 MOOKSE AND THE GRIPES, THE, log ١V GOWN, THE, 293 India, 253 MOON BEGS A NE MOTHER CRAB, 234 MOUNTAIN IN LABOR, 267 Jenkin, Leonard, 142, 259, 296 MOUSE'S HOLE, THE, 3 9 Joyce, James, 109 Muskogee, 101
Kafka, Franz, 15 NARROW SPOONFUL, THE, 5 5 KEEPER OF THE ROYAL HAT, 23 KenkO, 248 NERO’S RESPITE, 4 4 Neruda, Pablo, 53 ﻷ١ﻵ ,lYw Kojtki Kliemmitser, Ivan, 70 NIGHTINGALE AND BAT, 246 NUT AND THE CAMPANILE, THE, 25 Korea, 242 Krasicki, Ignacy, 21
Krylov, Ivan, 49, 65, 75, 125, 186, OBEDIENT DOG, THE, 21 236 ON ANGELS, 224 OSl’RICII, THE, 6g LADY AND THE BEAR, THE, 2 2 1 OTVL AND THE SUN, THE, 182 La Fontaine, 36, 48, 61, 76, 106, OWL AND THE TWO RABBITS, THE, 122, 126, 151, 157, 164, 238, 288 Pile Panchataiitra, 138, 144, 176, LAMB, A WOLF AND A GOAT, A, 295 244, 250 Lawrence, T.E., 128 LEMMING AND THE OWL, THE, 153 PAl'IENT FORBEARANCE, 103 LENNON, JOHN, 24 Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 29, Phaedrus, 73, 163 bo, bg, 83, 107, lbb, 301 PHYSICIAN THAT CUR'D MAP-MEN. ؛LTstrange/Aesop, 24b A , 2 ،3 PISCATOR'S p l e a s a n t r y , 175 L’Estrange/Babrius, 15b LTstrange, Roger, 22, 2b, b7> Plains Ojibwa, 131 105, 145, 148, 182, 247, 254, PI.OI' AGAINST TIIE GIANT, THE, 223 PRIVILEGE, 70 263, 293, 295 I’ R O D IG A L, 2 4 0 LION AND AN ASSE, A, 247 I.ION AND T'HE MOUSE, THE, 3 3
LITTLE FABLE, A, 15 RACCOON' AND THE CRAWFISH, THE,
1 3 0
MAN AND THE SNAKE, T'HE, 157 RACCflON AND THE CRAWFISH II, MAN AND THE WEASEL, 15b T IIE , 1 3 1 MARTEN AND THE FILE, 4 3 RANDOLF'S PARTY, 24 MICE THAT ATE IRON, THE, 250 RAT' R E C LU SE , TH1':> 76 Mississagua, 130 RAT AND THE OYSTER, THE, 238 YIOLE, T'HE, 292 RICI-1 NIAN O F SUNG, T H E , 266 MONKEY AND THE SPECTACLES, THE. Roetlike, Theodore, 221 ROSE, T'HE, 32 SALMON AND A DOG-FISH, A, 2.61 TWO DOGS, THE, 174 VO M A T C H E S , T H E , 4 5.١ Saroyan, W illiam, 52, 147 T SEA-BIRD, THE, 16 TWO MONKEYS, THE, 256 Shakespeare, William, 218 SICK KITE AND HER MOTHER, 26 Vandau, 298
Sioux, 270 VERY LONG TALE OF AN ASS AND HIS SKUNK AND HIS FAMILY, 270 DRIVER, THE, 296 VERY REAL STORY, A, 274 اSmart, Christopher, 49 SNAIL AND THE MIRROR, THE, 51
SNAKE AND CHILD, 294 WASPS, THE, 60 SNAKE AND THE SHEPHERD, THE, 17 Webster, John, 102, 261 Spenser, Edmund, 81, 287 ١VHEN BRER 'POSSUM ATTEND MISS SQUIRREL, THE, 7 5 f o x ’s h o u s e -p a r t y , 183 Stevens, Wallace, 223 Wintu, 262 Stevenson. Robert Louis, 45, 235 WOLF AND THE FOX, THE, 126 STORY OF THE CROCODILE, THE, 298 WOLF ON HIS DEATHBED, THE, 301 STORY OF THE HUNGRY ELEPHANT, WOLF ROBBED, 121 T H E , 31 WOLF, THE MOTHER AND THE STORY OF THE OLD WOLF, 83 CHILD, THE, 12 2 STORY WITH NO MORAL, 302 Wyatt, Thomas, g6 Sumer, 104, 174, 243 WOMAN AND THE JUG, THE, 290 SWORD-FISH AND WHALE, 81 WOODPECKER AND THE TOAD, 291 WOUNDED PINE TREE, THE, 249 Thurber, James, 88 TIGER AND THE PERSIMMON, THE. Yeats, William Butler, 2Ö5 242 YOU ARE TOO KIND, 271 Tolstoy, Leo, 99 Yurok, 54 TORTOISE AND THE HIPPO AND THE ELEPHANT, THE, 154 TREACHERY, 237 ZEUS AND THE HORSE, 2g Trinidad, 278 Zuni, 167