A MAN and a Lion traveled together through the forest. They soonbegan to boast of their respective superiority to each other instrength and prowess. A...
A little boy wearied with a long journey, lay down overcome withfatigue on the very brink of a deep well. Being within an inch offalling into the wate...
A VERY LARGE OAK was uprooted by the wind and thrown across astream. It fell among some Reeds, which it thus addressed: "Iwonder how you, who are...
THE WOODCUTTER cut down a Mountain Oak and split it in pieces,making wedges of its own branches for dividing the trunk. TheOak said with a sigh, "...
THE NORTH WIND and the Sun disputed as to which was the mostpowerful, and agreed that he should be declared the victor whocould first strip a wayfarin...
"Be quiet now," said an old Nurse to a child sitting on herlap. "If you make that noise again I will throw you to the Wolf." Now i...
A MULE, frolicsome from lack of work and from too much corn,galloped about in a very extravagant manner, and said to himself:"My father surely wa...
TWO MULES well-laden with packs were trudging along. One carriedpanniers filled with money, the other sacks weighted with grain. The Mule carrying the...
A MOUSE who always lived on the land, by an unlucky chance formedan intimate acquaintance with a Frog, who lived for the most partin the water. The Fr...
A FAMISHED WOLF was prowling about in the morning in search offood. As he passed the door of a cottage built in the forest, heheard a Mother say to he...