ed ▁far ▁from ▁A es op ' s ▁original ▁story - line . ▁That ▁was ▁not ▁to ▁return ▁in ▁English ▁sources ▁until ▁George ▁F y ler ▁Town send ’ s ▁re trans lation ▁of ▁ 1 8 8 7 , ▁where ▁the ▁moral ▁of ▁his ▁tale ▁once ▁again ▁under lines ▁tre ach ery ▁with ▁the ▁pro verb ial ▁verse , ▁“ H arm ▁h atch , ▁harm ▁catch ”. ▁ ▁Cro x all ' s ▁account ▁in ▁particular ▁was ▁frequently ▁repr int ed ▁into ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁and ▁was ▁also ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁other ▁comp il ations ▁of ▁f ables . ▁Among ▁the ▁latter ▁was ▁Samuel ▁L ys ons ’ ▁ ▁Christian ▁F ables ▁or ▁the ▁F ables ▁of ▁A es op ▁and ▁Other ▁Writ ers ▁Christian ized ▁( Lond on ▁ 1 8 5 0 ), ▁where ▁the ▁moral ▁is ▁given ▁a ▁new ▁application . ▁Cro x all ’ s ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁political ▁appeal ▁to ▁“ throw ▁away ▁the ▁rid icul ous ▁Dist in ctions ▁of ▁Party ” ▁which ▁weak en ▁the ▁state . ▁In ▁Victor ian ▁times , ▁L ys ons ▁targets ▁the ▁squ abb ling ▁between ▁Christian ▁fa ctions ▁who ▁ought ▁instead ▁to ▁un ite ▁since ▁“ div isions ▁in ▁church ▁and ▁state ▁only ▁render ▁us ▁more ▁open ▁to ▁the ▁attacks ▁of ▁our ▁great ▁and ▁natural ▁enemy ▁– ▁the ▁Dev il ”. ▁ ▁The ▁Eastern ▁analog ue ▁ ▁A es op ' s ▁f able ▁was ▁current ▁in ▁the ▁East ▁during