ONE day in winter a hungry Grasshopper applied to an Ant for some of the food which they had stored. "Why," said the Ant, "did you not ...
A FISHERMAN who had caught a very small Fish was putting it in his basket when it said: “I pray you put me back into the stream, for I can be of no us...
A WEARY Traveller who had lain down and fallen asleep on the brink of a deep well was discovered by Dame Fortune. "If this fool," she said, ...
TWO Game Cocks, having fought a battle, the defeated one skulked away and hid, but the victor mounted a wall and crowed lustily. This attracted the at...
A WOLF passing a Shepherd's hut looked in and saw the shepherds dining. “Come in,“ said one of them, ironically, “and partake of your favourite di...
A CERTAIN rich man reared a Goose and a Swan, the one for his table, the other because she was reputed a good singer. One night when the Cook went to ...
A LION was about to attack a braying Ass, when a Cock near by crowed shrilly, and the Lion ran away. "What frightened him?" the Ass asked. &...
A SWALLOW who had built her nest in a court of justice reared a fine family of young birds. One day a Snake came out of a chink in the wall and was ab...
"WHY should there be strife between us?" said the Wolves to the Sheep. "It is all owing to those quarrelsome dogs. Dismiss them, and we...
A HEN who had patiently hatched out a brood of vipers, was accosted by a Swallow, who said: "What a fool you are to give life to creatures who wi...