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 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...
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 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 ...
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 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 ...
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 MILLER and his son were driving their Ass to a neighboring fairto sell him. They had not gone far when they met with a troop ofwomen collected round...
A DOG used to run up quietly to the heels of everyone he met, andto bite them without notice. His master suspended a bell abouthis neck so that the Do...
A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which heburied in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall andwent to look at daily. On...