AN ASS, belonging to an herb-seller who gave him too little foodand too much work made a petition to Jupiter to be released fromhis present service an...
AN ASS, being driven along a high road, suddenly started off andbolted to the brink of a deep precipice. While he was in the actof throwing himself ov...
At a country fair there was a Buffoon who made all the peoplelaugh by imitating the cries of various animals. He finished offby squeaking so like a pi...
A FATHER had one son and one daughter, the former remarkable forhis good looks, the latter for her extraordinary ugliness. Whilethey were playing one ...
A BULL, escaping from a Lion, hid in a cave which some shepherdshad recently occupied. As soon as he entered, a He-Goat left inthe cave sharply attack...
A BULL was striving with all his might to squeeze himself througha narrow passage which led to his stall. A young Calf came up,and offered to go befor...
An old man on the point of death summoned his sons around himto give them some parting advice. He ordered his servants tobring in a faggot of sticks, ...
A BULL finding a lion's cub asleep gored him to death with hishorns. The Lioness came up, and bitterly lamented the death ofher whelp. A wild-boar...
WHEN MAN first saw the Camel, he was so frightened at his vastsize that he ran away. After a time, perceiving the meekness andgentleness of the beast&...
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 c...