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Jack Russell terrier

(Encyclopedia) Jack Russell terrier, breed of dog developed in the 19th cent. by an English clergyman, the Rev. John (Parson Jack) Russell, 1795–1883, for hunting. The Jack Russell resembles the fox…

Winnebago, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Winnebago, Lake, 215 sq mi (557 sq km), E Wis.; largest lake in Wisconsin. Fed and drained by the Fox River, the lake is part of an all-water route between the Great Lakes and the…

Norma Fox Mazer Biography

young-adult novelistBorn: May 15, 1931Died: October 17, 2009 (Vermont, USA) Best Known as: Young-adult novelist Norma Fox Mazer was best known has a young-…

Aesop's Fables: The Fox and the Grapes

by Aesop IntroductionThe Goose That Laid the Golden EggsThe Fox and the Grapes A hungry Fox saw some fine bunches of Grapes hanging from a vine that was trained along a high trellis, and…

Aesop's Fables: The Farmer and the Fox

by Aesop The Escaped JackdawVenus and the CatThe Farmer and the Fox A Farmer was greatly annoyed by a Fox, which came prowling about his yard at night and carried off his fowls. So he set…

Aesop's Fables: The Hound and the Fox

by Aesop The MuleThe Father and His DaughtersThe Hound and the Fox A Hound, roaming in the forest, spied a lion, and being well used to lesser game, gave chase, thinking he would make a…

Aesop's Fables: The Crab and the Fox

by Aesop The Frogs and the WellThe Fox and the GrasshopperThe Crab and the Fox A Crab once left the sea-shore and went and settled in a meadow some way inland, which looked very nice and…

Aesop's Fables: The Fox and the Grasshopper

by Aesop The Crab and the FoxThe Farmer, His Boy, and the RooksThe Fox and the Grasshopper A Grasshopper sat chirping in the branches of a tree. A Fox heard her, and, thinking what a…

Aesop's Fables: The Dogs and the Fox

by Aesop The Crow and the SnakeThe Nightingale and the HawkThe Dogs and the Fox Some Dogs once found a lion's skin, and were worrying it with their teeth. Just then a Fox came by, and said…

Aesop's Fables: The Eagle and the Fox

by Aesop The Farmer and His DogsThe Butcher and His CustomersThe Eagle and the Fox An Eagle and a Fox became great friends and determined to live near one another: they thought that the…