原文： A Miser, to make sure of his property, sold all that he had had converted it into a great lump of gold, which he hid in a hole in the ground, and ...
原文： Two friends were traveling on the same road together, when they met with a bear .The one, in great fear, without a thought of his companion, climb...
原文： 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 hi...
原文： In days of yore, a mighty runmbling was heard in a mountain. It was said to be in labor, and multitudes flocked together, from far and near, to se...
原文： A Woodman came into a forest to ask the Trees to give him a handle for Ax. It seemed so modest a request that the principal tree at once agreed to...
原文： There was a great stir made among all the Beasts, which could boast of largest family. So they came to the Lioness. "And how many," said...
原文： A Bowman took aim at an Eagle and hit him in the heart. As the Eagle turned his head in the agonies of death, he saw that the Arrow was winged wit...
THE LEAP-FROGA Flea, a Grasshopper, and a Leap-frog once wanted to see which could jumphighest; and they invited the whole world, and everybody else b...
THE BELLPeople said "The Evening Bell is sounding, the sun is setting." For a strangewondrous tone was heard in the narrow streets of a larg...
THE ELDERBUSHOnce upon a time there was a little boy who had taken cold. He had goneout and got his feet wet; though nobody could imagine how it had h...