Dolly the Milkmaid having been a good girl, and careful in her work, her mistress gave her a pail(桶) of fresh milk for herself. With the pail upon her...
A kid was perched up on the top of a horse, and looking down saw a wolf passing under him. Immediately he began to revile and attack his enemy. "...
A very stingy(吝啬的) man who had no pleasure but that of making money sold his all, namely, his place and fields, and forged all the money he received i...
Long long ago, there was a clam(蛤) raiser who wanted to make the biggest pearl in the world. He went to seaside to select sand grains. He asked the sa...
A man and a Satyr having struck up an acquaintance, sat down together to eat. The day being wintry and cold, the man put his fingers to his mouth and ...
A Shepherd-boy, who tended his flock not far from a village, used to amuse himself at times in crying out "Wolf! Wolf!" Twice or thrice his ...
An ox, grazing in a swampy(沼泽的) meadow, chanced to set his foot among a parcel of young frogs, and crushed nearly the whole brood to death.One that es...
A fisherman cast his net into the sea, and when he drew it up again it contained nothing but a single sprat that begged to be put back into the water....
A man once went abroad on his travels, and when he came home he had wonderful tales to tell of the things he had done in foreign countries. Among othe...
An old crab said to her son, "Why do you walk sideways like that, my son? You ought to walk straight." The young crab replied, "Show me...