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• 1.The Hen and the Vipers
• A HEN who had patiently hatched out a brood of vipers, was accosted by a Swallow, who said: What a fool you are to give life to creatures who will rew...
• 2.The Wolves and the Dogs
• WHY should there be strife between us? said the Wolves to the Sheep. It is all owing to those quarrelsome dogs. Dismiss them, and we shall have peace....
• 3.The Snake and the Swallow
• A SWALLOW who had built her nest in a court of justice reared a fine family of young birds. One day a Snake came out of a chink in the wall and was ab...
• 4.The Lion, the Cock, and the Ass
• A LION was about to attack a braying Ass, when a Cock near by crowed shrilly, and the Lion ran away. What frightened him? the Ass asked. Lions have a ...
• 5.The Goose and the Swan
• A CERTAIN rich man reared a Goose and a Swan, the one for his table, the other because she was reputed a good singer. One night when the Cook went to ...
• 6.The Wolf and the Shepherds
• A WOLF passing a Shepherd's hut looked in and saw the shepherds dining. Come in, said one of them, ironically, and partake of your favourite dish, a h...
• 7.The Victor and the Victim
• TWO Game Cocks, having fought a battle, the defeated one skulked away and hid, but the victor mounted a wall and crowed lustily. This attracted the at...
• 8.Dame Fortune and the Traveller
• A WEARY Traveller who had lain down and fallen asleep on the brink of a deep well was discovered by Dame Fortune. If this fool, she said, should have ...
• 9.The Farmer and the Fox
• A FARMER who had a deadly and implacable hatred against a certain Fox, caught him and tied some tow to his tail; then carrying him to the centre of hi...
• 10.The Fisher and the Fished
• A FISHERMAN who had caught a very small Fish was putting it in his basket when it said: I pray you put me back into the stream, for I can be of no use...