Motif
Animal pleads for life by citing usefulness
animal_pleads_for_life_by_citing_usefulness
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE IMPOSTOR / THE DOGS AND THE HIDES / THE LION, THE FOX, AND THE ASS / THE FOWLER, THE PARTRIDGE, AND THE COCK; lines 4757-4772 confidence: high
The fowler catches a tame partridge kept as a decoy and prepares to kill her; she pleads that she is needed to bring birds to his nets, and he lets her go.
Both the partridge and the cock attempt to avoid death by explaining the practical service each provides to the fowler.
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