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Wenceslas Hollar's illustration of the Latin story

The Fox and the Weasel is a title used to cover a complex of fables in which a number of other animals figure in a story with the same basic situation involving the unfortunate effects of greed. Of Greek origin, it is counted as one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 24 in the Perry Index.[1]

  1. ^ "Aesopica site". Mythfolklore.net. Retrieved 2012-08-04.

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