{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/aesop/aes285.htm","path":"cla/aesop/aes285.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/aesop/aes285.htm","text":"A TROUBLESOME CROW seated herself on the back of a Sheep. The Sheep, much against his will, carried her backward and forward for a long time, and at last said, \"If you had treated a dog in this way, you would have had your deserts from his sharp teeth.\" To this the Crow replied, \"I despise the weak and yield to the strong. I know whom I may bully and whom I must flatter; and I thus prolong my life to a good old age.\"","title":"The Crow and the Sheep","type":"page"}