The Cock, the Dog and the Fox are of La Fontaine's fables, the dog is shown running in from the distance. La Fontaine's version of the fable has also been set by several composers: The Cock, the Dog and the Fox The Cock, the Dog and the Fox is one of Aesop's Fables and appears as number 252 in the Perry Index. Although it has similarities with other fables where a predator flatters a bird, such as The Fox and the Crow and Chanticleer and the Fox, in this one the cock is the victor rather than victim. There are also Eastern variants of this story. In
The Escaped Cock This projected Lahr edition failed to appear and the first English edition was eventually published by Martin Secker in September 1931 as "The Man Who Died", a title never approved by the author. The work was illustrated with wood-engravings by John Farleigh. The story is a recasting of the resurrection of Christ narrated in the New Testament. The man who survives his crucifixion comes to celebrate his bodily existence and sensuality. Lawrence himself summarized "The Escaped Cock" in a letter to Brewster (May 3, 1927): Lawrence's handwritten manuscript for "The Escaped Cock" is part of the permanent collection at Salisbury