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Aesop's Fables: The Stag with One Eye

by Aesop The Crow and the SwanThe Fly and the Draught-MuleThe Stag with One Eye A Stag, blind of one eye, was grazing close to the sea-shore and kept his sound eye turned towards the land…

Aesop's Fables: The Old Woman and the Doctor

by Aesop The Spendthrift and the SwallowThe Moon and her MotherThe Old Woman and the Doctor An Old Woman became almost totally blind from a disease of the eyes, and, after consulting a…

Aesop's Fables: The Fly and the Draught-Mule

by Aesop The Stag with One EyeThe Cock and the JewelThe Fly and the Draught-Mule A Fly sat on one of the shafts of a cart and said to the Mule who was pulling it, "How slow you are! Do…

Aesop's Fables: The Cock and the Jewel

by Aesop The Fly and the Draught-MuleThe Wolf and the ShepherdThe Cock and the Jewel A Cock, scratching the ground for something to eat, turned up a Jewel that had by chance been dropped…

Aesop's Fables: The Wolf and the Shepherd

by Aesop The Cock and the JewelThe Farmer and the StorkThe Wolf and the Shepherd A Wolf hung about near a flock of sheep for a long time, but made no attempt to molest them. The Shepherd…

Aesop's Fables: The Farmer and the Stork

by Aesop The Wolf and the ShepherdThe Charger and the MillerThe Farmer and the Stork A Farmer set some traps in a field which he had lately sown with corn, in order to catch the cranes…

Aesop's Fables: The Charger and the Miller

by Aesop The Farmer and the StorkThe Grasshopper and the OwlThe Charger and the Miller A Horse, who had been used to carry his rider into battle, felt himself growing old and chose to work…

Aesop's Fables: The Grasshopper and the Owl

by Aesop The Charger and the MillerThe Grasshopper and the AntsThe Grasshopper and the Owl An Owl, who lived in a hollow tree, was in the habit of feeding by night and sleeping by day; but…

Aesop's Fables: The Grasshopper and the Ants

by Aesop The Grasshopper and the OwlThe Farmer and the ViperThe Grasshopper and the Ants One fine day in winter some Ants were busy drying their store of corn, which had got rather damp…

Aesop's Fables: The Farmer and the Viper

by Aesop The Grasshopper and the AntsThe Two FrogsThe Farmer and the Viper One winter a Farmer found a Viper frozen and numb with cold, and out of pity picked it up and placed it in his…