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Query: dragonfly and butterfly?
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From: "Vladimir Mylnikov" <vmylnikov@yahoo.com>
>
> Dear List,
>
> My question has little with Nabokov but still I would
> like to hear opinions.
>
> There is a famous fable about "Dragonfly and Ant" by
> Krylov, but I feel that it should be Butterfly
> instead.
> Lafotaine as far as I remember also translated Aesop's
> creature as "libellule" (dragonfly).
>
> I have arguments to support my idea but first, can a
> kind soul say what is in the original of the story?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Vladimir
>
>
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From: "Vladimir Mylnikov" <vmylnikov@yahoo.com>
>
> Dear List,
>
> My question has little with Nabokov but still I would
> like to hear opinions.
>
> There is a famous fable about "Dragonfly and Ant" by
> Krylov, but I feel that it should be Butterfly
> instead.
> Lafotaine as far as I remember also translated Aesop's
> creature as "libellule" (dragonfly).
>
> I have arguments to support my idea but first, can a
> kind soul say what is in the original of the story?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Vladimir
>
>
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