A ploughman loosed his oxen from the plough, and led them away to the water to drink. While he was absent a half-starved wolf appeared on the scene, a...
This happened many summers ago. There was a young flower in a desert where was always dried and sad-looking. It was growing by itself, enjoying everyd...
A wolf, who was roaming about on plain when the sun was getting low in the sky, was much impressed by the size of his shadow, and said to himself, &qu...
A snake suffered a good deal from being constantly trodden upon by man and beast, owing partly to the length of his body and partly to his being unabl...
The wolves sent a deputation to the sheep with proposals for a lasting peace between them, on condition of their giving up the sheepdogs to instant de...
The swan is said to sing but once in its life-when it knows that it is about to die. A certain man, who had heard of the song of the swan, one day saw...
A nightingale was sitting on a bough of an oak and singing, as her custom was. A hungry hawk presently spied her, and darting to the spot seized her i...
A ploughman yoked his ox and his ass together, and set to work to plough his field. It was a poor makeshift of a team, but it was the best he could do...
A man once caught a weasel, which was always sneaking about the house, and was just going to drown it in a tub of water, when it begged hard for its l...
A fisherman who could play the flute went down one day to the sea-shore with his nets and his lute; and, taking his stand on a projecting rock; began ...