# The Flea — Aesop's Fables character guide

> The Flea in Aesop's Fables by Aesop.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The Flea, the Flea, A Flea

**First appearance:** 0040-the-flea-and-the-man

## Who they are

A tiny insect who boasts about his exploits to a Man.

## In the story

### [The Flea and the Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-flea-and-the-man)

The flea bites the man repeatedly and pleads for its life, arguing its small size makes it harmless.

### [The Viper and the File](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-viper-and-the-file)

The File speaks with pitying contempt, declaring that it takes from everyone and never gives anything in return.

### [The Flea and the Ox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-flea-and-the-ox)

Questions the Ox about serving mankind, boasts of living off humans without work, and refuses to be patted.

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