A fir-tree was boasting to a bramble, and said, somewhat contemptuously, "You poor creature, you are of no use whatever. Now, look at me: I am us...
There was once a blind man who had so fine a sense of touch that, when any animal was put into his hands, he could tell what it was merely by the feel...
There was once a boy in a village. When ever he asked people to do things, no one would listen to him. He was sad. So he asked a wizard to solve the p...
A labourer's little son was bitten by a snake and died of the wound. The father was beside himself with grief, and in his anger against the snake ...
A singing-bird was confined in a cage which hung outside a window, and had a way of singing at night when all other birds were asleep. One night a bat...
A wild ass, who was wandering idly about, one day came upon a pack-ass lying at full length in a sunny spot and thoroughly enjoying himself. Going up ...
A wild ass saw a pack-ass jogging along under a heavy load, and taunted him with the condition of slavery in which he lived, in these words: "Wha...
How oft the commonest of tasks looks long and tiresome till begun. To use your wits, is all it asks, start doing, and it's done.They brought John ...
When prince Smolensky's art had found a way to curb the foe's presumptuous heart. The modern Vandals snared to ruin and left them Moscow town ...
There was an old man, a boy and a donkey. They were going to town and it was decided that the boy should ride. As they went along they passed some peo...