Aesop's Fables, Part 261 summary
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In The Old Man and Death, an exhausted man carrying firewood calls for Death to release him from a life of hard work. When Death appears, fear changes his request: he asks for help lifting his load instead of freedom from life.
What happens
- An old man gathers firewood in a forest and carries it toward home.
- Exhausted shortly beyond the halfway point, he drops the load and calls for Death to end his hardship.
- Death immediately appears and offers to serve him, frightening the man.
- The man instead asks Death to help him lift the load again.
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What to notice
old man’s polite request replaces his call to die. Faced with Death, he asks for practical help with the hardship he wants to escape.
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What does the old man ask Death to do after Death appears?
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