A DOVE shut up in a cage was boasting of the large number ofyoung ones which she had hatched. A Crow hearing her, said: "Mygood friend, cease fro...
An Ant, going to a river to drink, fell in, and was carried along inthe stream. A Dove pitied her condition, and threw into the river asmall bough, by...
A FATHER, being on the point of death, wished to be sure that hissons would give the same attention to his farm as he himself hadgiven it. He called t...
AN EAGLE made her nest at the top of a lofty oak; a Cat, havingfound a convenient hole, moved into the middle of the trunk; anda Wild Sow, with her yo...
A FARMER, who bore a grudge against a Fox for robbing his poultryyard, caught him at last, and being determined to take an amplerevenge, tied some rop...
SOME CRANES made their feeding grounds on some plowlands newlysown with wheat. For a long time the Farmer, brandishing anempty sling, chased them away...
A FARMER placed nets on his newly-sown plowlands and caught anumber of Cranes, which came to pick up his seed. With them hetrapped a Stork that had fr...
ONE WINTER a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold. Hehad compassion on it, and taking it up, placed it in his bosom. The Snake was quickly ...
A FATHER had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelingamong themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by hisexhortations, he determined...
A MAN had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and theother to a tile-maker. After a time he went to the daughter whohad married the gardener...