A monkey and a donkey moan until a mole silences them

A monkey and a donkey moan about their shortcomings, until a sightless mole shames them. Ass, ape and mole. Illustration of a fable by Greek author Aesop. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved from life by Samuel Howitt from his own A New Work of Animals, Principally Designed from the Fables of Aesop, Gay and Phaedrus, Edward Orme, London, 1811

Aesop Complain Educational Fable Fables Of Aesop Fabulist Field Sports Gaius Julius Phaedrus Gay And Phaedrus Gratitude Greek Author John Gay Moan Mole Moral Moral Tale New Work Of Animals Samuel Howitt Shortcomings Sightless

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