The Frog and the Mouse
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The Frog and the Mouse is one of Aesop's Fables and exists in several versions. It is numbered 384 in the Perry Index. There are also Eastern versions of uncertain origin which are classified as Aarne
A plate from 1880 illustrating the fable
Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder's illustration of the fable in Warachtighe Fabulen der Dieren (1567)
Kite (bird)
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Kite is the common name for certain birds of prey in the family Accipitridae, particularly in the subfamilies Elaninae and Perninae and certain genera within Buteoninae and Harpaginae. The term is der
The Frog and the Mouse
…other side of a stream and is secured to the frog's back. Midway across, the frog submerges and drowns the mouse, which floats to the surface. A passing kite picks it from the water and carries the frog after it, eventually eating both. Other versions depict them as friends on a journey together or else…
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Swallow-tailed kite gliding
Black-shouldered kite in flight
Woodblock print of the legend of the golden kite, 1880