FableNº 350

The Boastful Swallow and the Crow

The swallow said to the crow, "I am a virgin, and an Athenian, and a princess, and daughter of the king of Athens," and she went on to tell how Tereus had done her violence and cut out her tongue. The crow retorted, "What would it be, if you had your tongue, when, after losing it, you chatter so much!"

Habitual liars eventually expose themselves.

Moral

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