"Death as a ferryman", a satirical drawing from Punch, 1858
Aesop sometimes plays a part in his own fables where the circumstances in which he tells the story are mentioned. In this he is mocked by a Ferryman, or boat-builders in another account, and tells them how they will soon be out of a job.
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