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# Ivan Krylov's two fables “The Peasant and the Fox”, including the 1829 version
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- Published: 2025-01-11T18:09:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:34:40.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Books, Observations, Humour

The Peasant and the Fox. Ivan Krylov, 1829

Curiously, this is not the only fable by Krylov with such a title. In the second, the peasant asks the fox why she lives by thieving, risking her life and committing sin besides: would it not be better for her to come to him as a watchman, since she knows every fox's trick there is? The fox agreed and lived in clover, but then one night throttled all the hens.