A JACKDAW, seeing some Doves in a cote abundantly provided withfood, painted himself white and joined them in order to sharetheir plentiful maintenanc...
A VERY POOR MAN, a Carpenter by trade, had a wooden image ofMercury, before which he made offerings day by day, and beggedthe idol to make him rich, b...
Hercules, once journeying along a narrow roadway, came across astrange-looking animal that reared its head and threatened him.Nothing daunted, the her...
At one time the Fox and the Stork were on visiting terms andseemed very good friends. So the Fox invited the Stork to dinner,and for a joke put nothin...
A Fox after crossing a river got its tail entangled in a bush,and could not move. A number of Mosquitoes seeing its plightsettled upon it and enjoyed ...
A FOX swimming across a rapid river was carried by the force ofthe current into a very deep ravine, where he lay for a long timevery much bruised, sic...
A FOX caught in a trap escaped, but in so doing lost his tail. Thereafter, feeling his life a burden from the shame and ridiculeto which he was expose...
A FLEA settled upon the bare foot of a Wrestler and bit him,causing the man to call loudly upon Hercules for help. When theFlea a second time hopped u...
IN THE WINTERTIME, a Dog curled up in as small a space aspossible on account of the cold, determined to make himself ahouse. However when the summer r...
A CROW caught in a snare prayed to Apollo to release him, makinga vow to offer some frankincense at his shrine. But when rescuedfrom his danger, he fo...