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• 1.The Old Man and His Sons
• AN Old Man, afflicted with a family of contentious Sons, brought in a bundle of sticks and asked the young men to break it. After repeated efforts the...
• 2.The Lion and the Mouse
• A LION who had caught a Mouse was about to kill him, when the Mouse said: If you will spare my life, I will do as much for you some day. The Lion, goo...
• 3.Jupiter and the Birds
• JUPITER commanded all the birds to appear before him, so that he might choose the most beautiful to be their king. The ugly jackdaw, collecting all th...
• 4.The Wolf and the Feeding Goat
• A WOLF saw a Goat feeding at the summit of a rock, where he could not get at her. Why do you stay up there in that sterile place and go hungry? said t...
• 5.The Man and his Goose
• SEE these valuable golden eggs, said a Man that owned a Goose. Surely a Goose which can lay such eggs as those must have a gold mine inside her. So he...
• 6.The Lion and the Bull
• A LION wishing to lure a Bull to a place where it would be safe to attack him, said: My friend, I have killed a fine sheep; will you come with me and ...
• 7.Hercules and the Carter
• A CARTER was driving a waggon loaded with a merchant's goods, when the wheels stuck in a rut. Thereupon he began to pray to Hercules, without other ex...
• 8.The Hare and the Tortoise
• A HARE having ridiculed the slow movements of a Tortoise, was challenged by the latter to run a race, a Fox to go to the goal and be the judge. They g...
• 9.The Man and the Fish-horn
• A TRUTHFUL Man, finding a musical instrument in the road, asked the name of it, and was told that it was a fish-horn. The next time he went fishing he...
• 10.The Dog and the Reflection
• A DOG passing over a stream on a plank saw his reflection in the water. You ugly brute! he cried; how dare you look at me in that insolent way. He mad...