The Boy And The Filberts‪.‬ Drake

merican Literature

The Boy And The Filberts

by Aesop



A Boy was given permission to put his hand into a pitcher to get some filberts. But he took such a great fistful that he could not draw his hand out again. There he stood, unwilling to give up a single filbert and yet unable to get them all out at once. Vexed and disappointed he began to cry.