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The Boastful Swallow and the Crow

(Aesop’s Fables)

Translation　Oliver Rose

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　A swallow boasted to a crow

”I was a girl born in Athens, you know.

　And not just a normal girl, I was a princess.

　I'm the daughter of the King of Athens.

　But a king named Tereus did a terrible thing to me.

　He (turned me into a bird and) cut my tongue.”

　The crow got tired of the swallow's chatter and said

"Well, I wonder what you would be like if your tongue hadn't been cut!

　I mean, even with your tongue cut you chatter this much.”



　While you're telling a lie, the truth will naturally come out.

The end

Oliver Rose

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