Short animal stories, each ending in a plain lesson, gathered from a tradition so old that nobody is quite sure Aesop himself existed. The tortoise, the fox, the ant: two or three fables make a complete bedtime unit, and their brevity suits a small child's attention span better than almost anything else in this library.
Chapters
A long one: read it a chapter a night.
- INTRODUCTION
- THE OLD WOMAN AND THE DOCTOR
- MERCURY AND THE WOODMAN
- THE GOODS AND THE ILLS
- THE STAG IN THE OX-STALL
- THE MILKMAID AND HER PAIL
- THE ASS AND THE LAP-DOG
- THE FROGS' COMPLAINT AGAINST THE SUN
- THE SLAVE AND THE LION
- THE APES AND THE TWO TRAVELLERS
- THE ASS AND HIS BURDENS
- THE FOX AND THE GOAT
- THE DOG AND THE COOK
- THE OWL AND THE BIRDS
- THE SWOLLEN FOX
- HERCULES AND THE WAGGONER
- THE RICH MAN AND THE TANNER
- THE CLOWN AND THE COUNTRYMAN
- THE HOUND AND THE HARE
- THE WOLF AND THE CRANE
- THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE
- THE LION AND THE BULL
- THE COBBLER TURNED DOCTOR
- THE FLEA AND THE OX
- THE MAN AND HIS TWO SWEETHEARTS
- THE WOLF AND THE BOY
- THE THIEF AND THE INNKEEPER
- THE ASS AND HIS MASTERS
- THE FOX AND THE GRASSHOPPER
- THE SHEPHERD AND THE WOLF
- THE WOLF AND THE HORSE
- THE EAGLE AND THE BEETLE
- THE WEASEL AND THE MAN
- THE MONKEY AND THE DOLPHIN
- THE ROSE AND THE AMARANTH
- THE DOGS AND THE HIDES
- THE EAGLE AND THE FOX
- THE QUACK DOCTOR
- THE FOX AND THE SNAKE
- GRIEF AND HIS DUE
- THE WOMAN AND THE FARMER
- THE GOATHERD AND THE WILD GOATS
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