...sunning itself no the river bank when a bittern came by and pecked at it. The mussel closed its shell and nipped the bird's beak. Hereupon the bittern said,...me go to-morrow, there will be a dead mussel.' The shell fish answered. • If I don't come out to-day, if I don't come out to-morrow, there will surely...

...sunning itself by the river bank when a bittern came by and pecked at it. The mussel closed its shell and nipped the bird's beak. Hereupon the bittern said...a fisherman came by and seized the pair of them." This is perhaps the earliest specimen of a complete fable on record in Chinese literature. 934.—...

...sunning itself by the river bank when a bittern came by and pecked at it. TLe mussel closed its shell and nipped the bird's beak. Hereupon the bittern said...there will surely be a dead bittern ! ' Just then a fwherman came by and seized the pair of them." This is perhaps the earliest specimen of a complete...

...don't let me go to-morrow, there will be a dead mussel.' The shell fish answered. ' If I don't come ont to-day, if I don't come out to-morrow, there will...fisherman came by and seized the pair of them." The date of this utterance is given as about BC 315, and, if this be correct, it certainly boasts a respectable...

...sunning itself by the river bank when a bittern came by and seized it. The mussel closed its shell and nipped the bird's beak. Hereupon the bittern said : ' If you don't let me go to-day, or to-morrow, there will be a dead mussel.' The shell-fish answered ' If I do not come out of your...

...sunning itself by the river-bank when a bittern came by and pecked at it. The mussel closed its shell and nipped the bird's beak. Hereupon the bittern said,...then a fisherman came by and seized the pair of them. CHONG Hoi HAK. HAVANA, October j ч si, iSgc. A NIGHT OUT. Airs. Jones — " And you will come home...