Aesop's Fables Edited by Charles Stikeney.

 

THE QUACK FROG

THERE  was  once  a Frog  who  made  proc- lamation   that   he  was   learned   physician, able  to  heal  all  diseases.    He  went so  far as to tell the beasts that  it was their  own fault that they were ill,  since, if they would but submit to his treatment,  he would restore  them  to  perfect health.    A Fox hearing it, asked,  "How is it,   since you can do such great things for others,  you do not first try to mend your own lame gait and your wrinkled skin?"    They who assume to help others should first mend themselves.