FABLE OF A MAN, A SERPENT, AN ASS, AN EAGLE, AND TWO STONES

This from Thomas Adam's complete works (see yesterday's post). This "pretty fable" deserves some kind of batty, stopmotion short-film treatment. Hope I'm not the only one that finds this amusing. The fact that I'm not cognizant of its origin reminds me that I should read Aesop at some point. Click to expand and enjoy cybervoid:

And here's a freebie: an aria from Caldara's Maddalena ai piedi di cristo.