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    Aesop Fables
    Aesop Fables
    Aesop Fables
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    Aesop Fables

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    Aesop was an Ancient Greek story-teller and slave, famed and cherished for his short fables that often involve personified animals. In the renowned collection of works that is Aesop's Fables, he weaves moral education and entertainment together into tales that have been enjoyed by many, many generations. A lot of the stories in Aesop's Fables, such as The Fox and the Grapes (giving us the term "sour grapes"), The Tortoise and the Hare, The North Wind and the Sun and The Boy Who Cried Wolf, are well-known across the world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherQasim Idrees
    Release dateFeb 23, 2018
    ISBN9788827579213
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    Although the three hundred fables in his famous collection are attributed to Aesop, and his name is synonymous with the form, it seems unlikely he was in fact anything more than a legendary figure. While some historical accounts maintain he was a slave with a prodigious talent for story-telling who lived during the sixth century B.C., many believe it unlikely that this whole stock of fables can be attributed to one individual. What does seem clear though is that the fables began their life being orally transmitted before being put down in writing.

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      Aesop Fables - Aesop

      Aesop Fables

      Aesop

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      AESOP'S FABLES (82 Fables)

        The Cock and the Pearl The Frog and the Ox

        The Wolf and the Lamb Androcles

        The Dog and the Shadow The Bat, the Birds, and the Beasts

        The Lion's Share The Hart and the Hunter

        The Wolf and the Crane The Serpent and the File

        The Man and the Serpent The Man and the Wood

        The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse The Dog and the Wolf

        The Fox and the Crow The Belly and the Members

        The Sick Lion The Hart in the Ox-Stall

        The Ass and the Lapdog The Fox and the Grapes

        The Lion and the Mouse The Horse, Hunter, and Stag

        The Swallow and the Other Birds The Peacock and Juno

        The Frogs Desiring a King The Fox and the Lion

        The Mountains in Labour The Lion and the Statue

        The Hares and the Frogs The Ant and the Grasshopper

        The Wolf and the Kid The Tree and the Reed

        The Woodman and the Serpent The Fox and the Cat

        The Bald Man and the Fly The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

        The Fox and the Stork The Dog in the Manger

        The Fox and the Mask The Man and the Wooden God

        The Jay and the Peacock The Fisher

        The Shepherd's Boy The Miser and His Gold

        The Young Thief and His Mother The Fox and the Mosquitoes

        The Man and His Two Wives The Fox Without a Tail

        The Nurse and the Wolf The One-Eyed Doe

        The Tortoise and the Birds Belling the Cat

        The Two Crabs The Hare and the Tortoise

        The Ass in the Lion's Skin The Old Man and Death

        The Two Fellows and the Bear The Hare With Many Friends

        The Two Pots The Lion in Love

        The Four Oxen and the Lion The Bundle of Sticks

        The Fisher and the Little Fish The Lion, the Fox, and the Beasts

        Avaricious and Envious The Ass's Brains

        The Crow and the Pitcher The Eagle and the Arrow

        The Man and the Satyr The Milkmaid and Her Pail

        The Goose With the Golden Eggs The Cat-Maiden

        The Labourer and the Nightingale The Horse and the Ass

        The Fox, the Cock, and the Dog The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner

        The Wind and the Sun The Buffoon and the Countryman

        Hercules and the Waggoner The Old Woman and the Wine-Jar

        The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey The Fox and the Goat

      Aesop's Fables

      The Cock and the Pearl

      A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw. Ho! ho! quoth he, that's for me, and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw. What did it turn out to be but a Pearl that by some chance had been lost in the yard? You may be a treasure, quoth Master Cock, to men that prize you, but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls.

      Precious things are for those that can prize them.

      The Wolf and the Lamb

      Once upon a time a Wolf was lapping at a spring on a hillside, when, looking up, what should he see but a Lamb just beginning to drink a little lower down. There's my supper, thought he, if only I can find some excuse to seize it. Then he called out to the Lamb, How dare you muddle the water from which I am drinking?

      Nay, master, nay, said Lambikin; "if the water be muddy up there, I cannot be the cause of it, for it

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