Aesop's Fables
A
FOWLER caught a
Partridge and was about to kill it. The Partridge earnestly
begged him to spare his life, saying, "Pray, master, permit me to live and I will
entice many Partridges to you in
recompense for your mercy to me." The Fowler replied, "I shall now with less
scruple take your life, because you are willing to save it at the cost of
betraying your
friends and
relations."