A SPENDTHRIFT, seeing a single swallow, pawned his cloak, thinking that Summer was at hand. It was....
A LION roaming through the forest, got a thorn in his foot, and, meeting a Shepherd, asked him to remove it. The Shepherd did so, and the Lion, having...
A FAWN said to its father: "You are larger, stronger, and more active than a dog, and you have sharp horns. Why do you run away when you hear one...
SOME Pigeons exposed to the attacks of a Kite asked a Hawk to defend them. He consented, and being admitted into the cote waited for the Kite, whom he...
A FAMISHING Wolf, passing the door of a cottage in the forest, heard a Mother say to her babe: "Be quiet, or I will throw you out of the window, ...
A WOLF, who in devouring a man had choked himself with a bunch of keys, asked an ostrich to put her head down his throat and pull them out, which she ...
A HERDSMAN who had lost a bullock entreated the gods to bring him the thief, and vowed he would sacrifice a goat to them. Just then a Lion, his jaws d...
A MAN finding a frozen Viper put it into his bosom. "The coldness of the human heart," he said, with a grin, "will keep the creature in...
AN Eagle was once captured by a Man, who clipped his wings and put him in the poultry yard, along with the chickens. The Eagle was much depressed in s...
HAVING heard that the State was about to be invaded by a hostile army, a War-horse belonging to a Colonel of the Militia offered his services to a pas...