Patty the Milkmaid was going to market carrying her milk in aPail on her head. As she went along she began calculating whatshe would do with the money...
A FARMER'S daughter was carrying her Pail of milk from the fieldto the farmhouse, when she fell a-musing. "The money for whichthis milk will ...
A Woodman was felling a tree on the bank of a river, when his axe,glancing off the trunk, flew out of his hands and fell into the water.As he stood by...
A WORKMAN, felling wood by the side of a river, let his axe drop- by accident into a deep pool. Being thus deprived of the meansof his livelihood, he ...
MERCURY ONCE DETERMINED to learn in what esteem he was held amongmortals. For this purpose he assumed the character of a man andvisited in this disgui...
A HORSE, Ox, and Dog, driven to great straits by the cold, soughtshelter and protection from Man. He received them kindly,lighted a fire, and warmed t...
THE WEASELS and the Mice waged a perpetual war with each other,in which much blood was shed. The Weasels were always thevictors. The Mice thought that...
A MAN committed a murder, and was pursued by the relations of theman whom he murdered. On his reaching the river Nile he saw aLion on its bank and bei...
A Man and his son were once going with their Donkey to market.As they were walking along by its side a countryman passed themand said: "You fools...
In the old days men used to worship stocks and stones andidols, and prayed to them to give them luck. It happened that aMan had often prayed to a wood...