Excerpts from the Book 'Aesop Fables':

... This cruel death of sop was not unavenged. The citizens of Delphi were visited with a series of calamities, until they made a public reparation of ...
... be unjust. [Illustration]. The One-Eyed Doe. [Illustration]. A Doe, blind of an eye, was accustomed to graze as near to the edge of the sea ...
... a stranger. Not long afterwards he saw the Cocks fighting together, and not separating before one had well beaten the other. He then said to himself: ...
... who do not know their right place must be taught it. The Man and the Satyr. [Illustration]. A Man and a Satyr once formed a bond of alliance. ...
... of reason: Why do you ask me. Is it that the level way through the desert is closed.. The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle. [Illustration]. Two ...
... May no friend of mine ever be in such a plight for the weight of this chain is enough to spoil the appetite.. Nothing can compensate us for the ...
... on him, and led him back to his owner, saying: I do not need a trial I know that he will be just such another as the one whom he chose for his companion.. A ...
... Wolf complied, and while he was piping, and the Kid was dancing, the hounds, hearing the sound, came up and gave chase to the Wolf. The Wolf, turning ...
... Cat and the Fox were talking politics together, Reynard said: Let things turn out ever so bad, he did not care, for he had a thousand tricks for them ...
... A neighbor saw him running, and said: Oh. you follow those. you say you can foretell the fortunes of others how is it you did not foresee your own.. The ...
... young Fawn once said to his mother: You are larger than a dog, and swifter, and more used to running why, then, O Mother. are you always ...
... a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the bundle into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. ...
... the Stork with his long bill could eat very well, all that the Fox could do was to lick the brims. Reynard was heartily vexed, but owned that he had ...
... and most beautiful of all who are here.. A mother's love blinds her to many imperfections. The Lion in Love. [Illustration]. A Lion demanded ...
... not permit our ambition to lead us beyond the limits of our power. The Three Tradesmen. A great city was besieged, and its inhabitants were called ...
... with his Son, they tied the Ass's legs together, and by the help of a pole endeavored to carry him on their shoulders over a bridge. The people ...
... air, he approached him and said: Sir, you must be very ill I have some skill as a physician, and if you will tell me where your ailment is, I shall ...
... to himself. But, in his carelessness, he flew directly into a spider's web, and the spider instantly seized and killed him. The Lion, the Ass and ...
... when he committed his first theft, you would have corrected him in time, and thus have saved yourself this sorrowful day.. Nip evil in the bud. The ...
... and bright, so that the bricks might be dried. He said to her: If your sister wishes for rain, and you for dry weather, with which of the two am ...