The Turkey and the Ant. A turkey and her chicks gorge on ants under a tree in a field. An ant begs her to stop the genocide. Copperplate engraving by William Skelton after an illustration by John Wootton from Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author, John Stockdale, London, 1793.

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