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Aesop's Fables: Aesop's Fables
by Aesop Aesop's FablesContentsIntroductionThe Fox and the GrapesThe Goose That Laid the Golden EggsThe Cat and the MiceThe Mischievous DogThe Charcoal-Burner and the FullerThe Mice in CouncilThe…The Willow-Wren and the Bear
The Willow-Wren and the Bear Once in summer-time the bear and the wolf were walking in the forest, and the bear heard a bird singing so beautifully that he said: 'Brother wolf, what bird is…Aesop's Fables: The Thief and the Innkeeper
by Aesop The Father and His DaughtersThe Pack-Ass and the Wild AssThe Thief and the Innkeeper A Thief hired a room at an inn, and stayed there some days on the look-out for something to…Tom Thumb by the Brothers Grimm
Tom Thumb A poor woodman sat in his cottage one night, smoking his pipe by the fireside, while his wife sat by his side spinning. 'How lonely it is, wife,' said he, as he puffed out a long…Baron Munchausen: In which the Baron proves h...
by Rudolph Erich Raspe The Baron relates an accoun... An encounter between the Ba... In which the Baron proves h... In which the Baron proves himself a good shot-He loses his…The Devil's Dictionary: Werewolf
by Ambrose Bierce WEDDINGWHANGDEPOOTENAWAHWEREWOLF -n. A wolf that was once, or is sometimes, a man. All werewolves are of evil disposition, having assumed a bestial form to gratify a…polytheism
(Encyclopedia) polytheismpolytheismpŏlˈēthēĭzəm [key], belief in a plurality of gods in which each deity is distinguished by special functions. The gods are particularly synonymous with function in…Pawnee
(Encyclopedia) PawneePawneepônēˈ [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Caddoan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). At one time the…The Wedding of Mrs. Fox
The Wedding of Mrs. FoxFirst Story There was once upon a time an old fox with nine tails, who believed that his wife was not faithful to him, and wished to put her to the test. He stretched…dog
(Encyclopedia) CE5 General anatomy of a dog dog, carnivorous, domesticated wolf (Canis lupus familiaris) of the family Canidae, to which the jackal, fox, and tanuki also belong. The family…Trending
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