A Peacock once placed a petition before Juno desiring to havethe voice of a nightingale in addition to his other attractions;but Juno refused his requ...
THE OXEN once upon a time sought to destroy the Butchers, whopracticed a trade destructive to their race. They assembled on acertain day to carry out ...
AN OWL, in her wisdom, counseled the Birds that when the acornfirst began to sprout, to pull it all up out of the ground andnot allow it to grow. She ...
AN OX drinking at a pool trod on a brood of young frogs andcrushed one of them to death. The Mother coming up, and missingone of her sons, inquired of...
A HEAVY WAGON was being dragged along a country lane by a team ofOxen. The Axle-trees groaned and creaked terribly; whereupon theOxen, turning round, ...
THE OLIVE-TREE ridiculed the Fig-Tree because, while she wasgreen all the year round, the Fig-Tree changed its leaves withthe seasons. A shower of sno...
A Doe had had the misfortune to lose one of her eyes, andcould not see any one approaching her on that side. So to avoidany danger she always used to ...
A LION, worn out with years and powerless from disease, lay onthe ground at the point of death. A Boar rushed upon him, andavenged with a stroke of hi...
An old labourer, bent double with age and toil, was gatheringsticks in a forest. At last he grew so tired and hopeless that hethrew down the bundle of...
THE OAKS presented a complaint to Jupiter, saying, "We bear forno purpose the burden of life, as of all the trees that grow weare the most contin...