{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/aesop/aes311.htm","path":"cla/aesop/aes311.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/aesop/aes311.htm","text":"A THRUSH was feeding on a myrtle-tree and did not move from it because its berries were so delicious. A Fowler observed her staying so long in one spot, and having well bird-limed his reeds, caught her. The Thrush, being at the point of death, exclaimed, \"O foolish creature that I am! For the sake of a little pleasant food I have deprived myself of my life.\"","title":"The Thrush and the Fowler","type":"page"}