A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found aprecious stone and exclaimed: "If your owner had found thee, andnot I, he would have...
A COBBLER unable to make a living by his trade and made desperateby poverty, began to practice medicine in a town in which he wasnot known. He sold a ...
A CHARGER, feeling the infirmities of age, was sent to work in amill instead of going out to battle. But when he was compelledto grind instead of serv...
A CHARCOAL-BURNER carried on his trade in his own house. One dayhe met a friend, a Fuller, and entreated him to come and livewith him, saying that the...
A CERTAIN HOUSE was overrun with Mice. A Cat, discovering this,made her way into it and began to catch and eat them one by one. Fearing for their live...
A CAT caught a Cock, and pondered how he might find a reasonableexcuse for eating him. He accused him of being a nuisance to menby crowing in the nigh...
A CAT, hearing that the Birds in a certain aviary were ailingdressed himself up as a physician, and, taking his cane and a bagof instruments becoming ...
A CAT fell in love with a handsome young man, and entreated Venusto change her into the form of a woman. Venus consented to herrequest and transformed...
The gods were once disputing whether it was possible for aliving being to change its nature. Jupiter said "Yes," but Venussaid "No.&quo...
AN ARAB CAMEL-DRIVER, after completing the loading of his Camel,asked him which he would like best, to go up hill or down. Thepoor beast replied, not ...