AESOP'S FABLES - online children's book

300 favourite fables with illustrations by Arthur Rackham

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	THE THIEVES AND THE COCK COME Thieves broke into a house, and found nothing worth taking except a Cock, which they seized and carried off with them. When they were pre­paring their supper, one of them caught up the Cock, and was about to wring his neck, when he cried out for mercy and said, ' Pray do not kill me : you will find me a most useful bird, for I rouse honest men to their work in the morning by my crowing." But the Thief replied with some heat, Yes, I know you do, making it still harder for us to get a livelihood. Into the pot you go!
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