Harvard Classics
PREFACE A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ÆSOPIC FABLE The Cock and the Pearl The Wolf and the Lamb The Dog and the Shadow The Lion’s Share The Wolf and the Crane The Man and the Serpent The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse The Fox and the Crow The Sick Lion The Ass and the Lapdog The Li...
PREFACE A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ÆSOPIC FABLE The Cock and the Pearl The Wolf and the Lamb The Dog and the Shadow The Lion’s Share The Wolf and the Crane The Man and the Serpent The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse The Fox and the Crow The Sick Lion The Ass and the Lapdog The Lion and the Mouse The Swallow and the Other Birds The Frogs Desiring a King The Mountains in Labour The Hares and the Frogs The Wolf and the Kid The Woodman and the Serpent The Bald Man and the Fly The Fox and the Stork The Fox and the Mask The Jay and the Peacock The Frog and the Ox Androcles The Bat, the Birds, and the Beasts The Hart and the Hunter The Serpent and the File The Man and the Wood The Dog and the Wolf...
A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. “That’s for me, as I am a Fox,” said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the f...
3. Part 3In the old days men used to worship sticks and stones and idols, and prayed to them to give them luck. It happened that a Man had often prayed to a wooden idol he had received f...
1. Part 1PREFACE A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ÆSOPIC FABLE The Cock and the Pearl The Wolf and the Lamb The Dog and the Shadow The Lion’s Share The Wolf and the Crane The Man and the Serpent T...
4. Part 4An old man on the point of death summoned his sons around him to give them some parting advice. He ordered his servants to bring in a faggot of sticks, and said to his eldest so...