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Aesop's Fables: The Lioness and the Vixen
by Aesop The Old Woman and the Wine-JarThe Viper and the FileThe Lioness and the Vixen A Lioness and a Vixen were talking together about their young, as mothers will, and saying how…Aesop's Fables: The Horse and His Rider
by Aesop The Lion and the Three BullsThe Goat and the VineThe Horse and His Rider A Young Man, who fancied himself something of a horseman, mounted a Horse which had not been properly…Aesop's Fables: The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner
by Aesop The Lion, the Mouse, and the FoxThe Wolf and the CraneThe Trumpeter Taken Prisoner A Trumpeter marched into battle in the van of the army and put courage into his comrades by his…Aesop's Fables: The Wolf, the Fox, and the Ape
by Aesop The Lion and the BullThe Eagle and the CocksThe Wolf, the Fox, and the Ape A Wolf charged a Fox with theft, which he denied, and the case was brought before an Ape to be tried.…Aesop's Fables: The Heifer and the Ox
by Aesop Brother and SisterThe Kingdom of the LionThe Heifer and the Ox A Heifer went up to an Ox, who was straining hard at the plough, and sympathised with him in a rather patronising…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 Olive-Tree and the Fig-Tree
by Aesop The Frogs Asking for a KingThe Lion and the BoarThe Olive-Tree and the Fig-Tree An Olive-tree taunted a Fig-tree with the loss of her leaves at a certain season of the year. "You…Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn's heyday was the 1950s, when he won two Oscars as a supporting actor: one as the brother of Emiliano Zapata in Viva Zapata! (1952), and another as the painter Gauguin, the friend of…Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine was the consort of Louis VII of France, then of Henry II of England, and two of her sons (Richard and John) went on to become kings of England. As a teenager she received an…Martha Coakley
Democrat Martha Coakley earned a share of political infamy in 2010, when she lost a special election for the U.S. Senate seat held for years by liberal lion Edward M. Kennedy. In what the Boston…