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Aesop's Fables: The Lamp

by Aesop Father and SonsThe Owl and the BirdsThe Lamp A Lamp, well filled with oil, burned with a clear and steady light, and began to swell with pride and boast that it shone more…

Aesop's Fables: The Mice in Council

by Aesop The Charcoal-Burner and the FullerThe Bat and the WeaselsThe Mice in Council Once upon a time all the Mice met together in Council, and discussed the best means of securing…

Aesop's Fables: The Owl and the Birds

by Aesop The LampThe Ass In the Lion's SkinThe Owl and the Birds The Owl is a very wise bird; and once, long ago, when the first oak sprouted in the forest, she called all the other…

Aesop's Fables: The Ass In the Lion's Skin

by Aesop The Owl and the BirdsThe She-Goats and Their BeardsThe Ass In the Lion's Skin An Ass found a Lion's Skin, and dressed himself up in it. Then he went about frightening every one…

Aesop's Fables: The She-Goats and Their Beards

by Aesop The Ass In the Lion's SkinThe Old LionThe She-Goats and Their Beards Jupiter granted beards to the She-Goats at their own request, much to the disgust of the he-Goats, who…

Aesop's Fables: The Old Lion

by Aesop The She-Goats and Their BeardsThe Boy BathingThe Old Lion A Lion, enfeebled by age and no longer able to procure food for himself by force, determined to do so by cunning.…

Aesop's Fables: The Boy Bathing

by Aesop The Old LionThe Quack FrogThe Boy Bathing A Boy was bathing in a river and got out of his depth, and was in great danger of being drowned. A man who was passing along a road heard…

Aesop's Fables: The Quack Frog

by Aesop The Boy BathingThe Swollen FoxThe Quack Frog Once upon a time a Frog came forth from his home in the marshes and proclaimed to all the world that he was a learned physician,…

Aesop's Fables: The Swollen Fox

by Aesop The Quack FrogThe Mouse, the Frog, and the HawkThe Swollen Fox A hungry Fox found in a hollow tree a quantity of bread and meat, which some shepherds had placed there against…