{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/aesop/aes232.htm","path":"cla/aesop/aes232.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/aesop/aes232.htm","text":"A CROW caught in a snare prayed to Apollo to release him, making a vow to offer some frankincense at his shrine. But when rescued from his danger, he forgot his promise. Shortly afterwards, again caught in a snare, he passed by Apollo and made the same promise to offer frankincense to Mercury. Mercury soon appeared and said to him, \"O thou most base fellow? how can I believe thee, who hast disowned and wronged thy former patron?'","title":"The Crow and Mercury","type":"page"}