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by Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695)

Le loup et la cigogne
Language: French (Français) 
        Les loups mangent gloutonnement.
        Un loup donc étant de frairie
        Se pressa, dit-on, tellement
        Qu'il en pensa perdre la vie :
Un os lui demeura bien avant au gosier.
De bonheur pour ce loup, qui ne pouvait crier,
        Près de là passe une cigogne.
        Il lui fait signe ; elle accourt.
Voilà l'opératrice aussitôt en besogne.
Elle retira l'os ; puis, pour un si bon tour,
        Elle demanda son salaire.
        Votre salaire ! dit le loup :
        Vous riez, ma bonne commère !
        Quoi ! ce n'est pas encor beaucoup
D'avoir de mon gosier retiré votre cou !
        Allez, vous êtes une ingrate :
        Ne tombez jamais sous ma patte.

See also this poem of the same title, inspired by the fable.


Text Authorship:

  • by Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695), "Le loup et la cigogne", written 1668, appears in Fables [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2015-04-13
Line count: 17
Word count: 102

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