Jag har inte hunnit titta närmare på dagens gutenbergsskörd (köket är fullt av äpplen och päron som stressar mig), men jag kunde ju inte låta bli att titta på bilderna i "The Æsop for Children, With pictures by Milo Winter, by Æsop". Det finns rätt många olika upplagor av "Aesops fabler" hos Gutenberg, en del med fina illustrationer. Hur väl texten stämmer med originalet kan jag inte uttala mig om, men jag tar för givet att det hinner hända rätt mycket med en text under närmare 2500 år. Men många av dem är värda att bläddra i.
THE BOYS AND THE FROGS
Some Boys were playing one day at the edge of a pond in which lived a family of Frogs. The Boys amused themselves by throwing stones into the pond so as to make them skip on top of the water.
The stones were flying thick and fast and the Boys were enjoying themselves very much; but the poor Frogs in the pond were trembling with fear.
At last one of the Frogs, the oldest and bravest, put his head out of the water, and said, "Oh, please, dear children, stop your cruel play! Though it may be fun for you, it means death to us!"
Always stop to think whether your fun may not be the cause of another's unhappiness.
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