Aesop's Fables
A
MAN, very much
annoyed with a
Flea, caught him at last, and said, "Who are you who
dare to feed on my
limbs, and to cost me so much trouble in
catching you?' The Flea replied, "O my dear sir, pray
spare my life, and destroy me not, for I cannot possibly do you much harm." The Man,
laughing, replied, "Now you shall certainly die by mine own hands, for no evil, whether it be small or large, ought to be
tolerated."