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• 1.THE FLYING TRUNK
• THERE was once a merchant who was so rich that he could have paved the whole street with gold, and would even then have had enough for a small alley. ...
• 2.THE FLAX
• THE flax was in full bloom; it had pretty little blue flowers as delicate as the wings of a moth, or even more so. The sun shone, and the showers wate...
• 3.THE FIR TREE
• FAR down in the forest, where the warm sun and the fresh air made a sweet resting-place, grew a pretty little fir-tree; and yet it was not happy, it w...
• 4.The Dog Who Lost His Prey for a Shadow
• People fool ourselves in this world; Chasing after shadows So numerous are they that often, We cannot count the number. Let us look at the dog of whic...
• 5.The Horse and the Ass
• An Ass and rude horse were travelling together. The Horse carried little beyond his own tether. While the poor laden beast beside him did struggle; So...
• 6.The Villager and the Serpent
• Aesop tells of a peasant Charitable, but not too wise One winter's day was traveling Around the land he tended. He saw a serpent stretched out in the ...
• 7.The Sun and the Frogs
• The day the tyrant married, his subjects celebrated. They feasted and drank jugs of wine, But only Aesop could divine That they had little cause to be...
• 8.The Stag who Admired his Reflection
• A vain stag saw himself reflected While standing in a crystal pool. His antlers like a thicket spread But when he looked below he rued The sight of hi...
• 9.The Old Man and The Ass
• An Old Man and his Ass were riding one day And spied a lush meadow at the side of the way. The man let go the reins and the grizzled* one raced Out in...
• 10.Jupiter and the Sharecropper
• Jupiter had a farm to rent And bade Mercury have people present Themselves upon the appointed day; To make their offers and see what may. Things went ...