Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Three hundred Aesop’s fables Translated by George Fyler Townsend

PREFACE LIFE OF AESOP AESOP’S FABLES The Lion And The Mouse The Wolf And The Lamb The Ass And The Grasshopper The Wolf and the Crane The Father And His Sons The Bat And The Weasels The Cock and the Jewel The Swallow and the Crow The Kingdom of the Lion The Traveler and His Dog...

Summary

PREFACE LIFE OF AESOP AESOP’S FABLES The Lion And The Mouse The Wolf And The Lamb The Ass And The Grasshopper The Wolf and the Crane The Father And His Sons The Bat And The Weasels The Cock and the Jewel The Swallow and the Crow The Kingdom of the Lion The Traveler and His Dog The Ants and the Grasshopper The Hare and the Tortoise The Charcoal-Burner And The Fuller The Boy Hunting Locusts The Fisherman Piping The Dog and the Shadow Hercules and the Wagoner The Mole and His Mother The Herdsman and the Lost Bull The Fawn and His Mother The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion The Flies and the Honey-Pot The Lioness The Farmer and the Snake The Man and the Lion The Pomegranate, Apple-Tree, and Bramble...

Chapters

6. Part 6

THE HARES, oppressed by their own exceeding timidity and weary of the perpetual alarm to which they were exposed, with one accord determined to put an end to themselves and thei...

3. Part 3

A CARTER was driving a wagon along a country lane, when the wheels sank down deep into a rut. The rustic driver, stupefied and aghast, stood looking at the wagon, and did nothin...

7. Part 7

WHEN MAN first saw the Camel, he was so frightened at his vast size that he ran away. After a time, perceiving the meekness and gentleness of the beast’s temper, he summoned cou...

5. Part 5

A CROW having stolen a bit of meat, perched in a tree and held it in her beak. A Fox, seeing this, longed to possess the meat himself, and by a wily stratagem succeeded. “How ha...

9. Part 9

ALL the Goods were once driven out by the Ills from that common share which they each had in the affairs of mankind; for the Ills by reason of their numbers had prevailed to pos...

4. Part 4

SOME BOYS, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the water and began to pelt them with stones. They killed several of them, when one of the Frogs, lifting his head out o...

8. Part 8

A NIGHTINGALE, sitting aloft upon an oak and singing according to his wont, was seen by a Hawk who, being in need of food, swooped down and seized him. The Nightingale, about to...

10. Part 10

TWO MULES well-laden with packs were trudging along. One carried panniers filled with money, the other sacks weighted with grain. The Mule carrying the treasure walked with head...

1. Part 1

PREFACE LIFE OF AESOP AESOP’S FABLES The Lion And The Mouse The Wolf And The Lamb The Ass And The Grasshopper The Wolf and the Crane The Father And His Sons The Bat And The Weas...

2. Part 2

This collection of Nevelet’s is the great culminating point in the history of the revival of the fame and reputation of Æsopian Fables. It is remarkable, also, as containing in...

11. Part 11

The Farmer and the Cranes The Farmer and the Fox The Farmer and the Snake The Farmer and His Sons The Farmer and the Stork The Father And His Sons The Father and His Two Daughte...