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• 1.The Grasshopper and the Ant
• ONE day in winter a hungry Grasshopper applied to an Ant for some of the food which they had stored. Why, said the Ant, did you not store up some food...
• 2.The Lion and the Boar
• A LION and a Boar, who were fighting for water at a pool, saw some vultures hovering significantly above them. Let us make up our quarrel, said the Bo...
• 3.The Wolf and the Lamb
• A LAMB, pursued by a Wolf, fled into the temple. The priest will catch you and sacrifice you, said the Wolf, if you remain there. It is just as well t...
• 4.Truth and the Traveller
• A MAN travelling in a desert met a Woman. Who art thou? asked the Man, and why dost thou dwell in this dreadful place? My name, replied the Woman, is ...
• 5.The Archer and the Eagle
• AN Eagle mortally wounded by an Archer was greatly comforted to observe that the arrow was feathered with one of his own quills. I should have felt ba...
• 6.The Penitent Thief
• A BOY who had been taught by his Mother to steal grew to be a man and was a professional public official. One day he was taken in the act and condemne...
• 7.The Fox and the Grapes
• A FOX, seeing some sour grapes hanging within an inch of his nose, and being unwilling to admit that there was anything he would not eat, solemnly dec...
• 8.Mercury and the Woodchopper
• A WOODCHOPPER, who had dropped his axe into a deep pool, besought Mercury to recover it for him. That thoughtless deity immediately plunged into the p...
• 9.The Cat and the Birds
• HEARING that the Birds in an aviary were ill, a Cat went to them and said that he was a physician, and would cure them if they would let him in. To wh...
• 10.The Man and the Dog
• A MAN who had been bitten by a Dog was told that the wound would heal if he would dip a piece of bread in the blood and give it to the Dog. He did so....