Aesop's Fables: A New Version Chiefly from Original Sources |
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Æsop Æsop's Æsopean Fable asked Babrius bade bear beast Beetle began begged besought betook better bird BIRDCATCHER BOAR Bramble Bull called CAMEL caught Cock corn Country Mouse COUNTRYMAN Cranes creature cried Croesus CROW danger dead death distance Dolphin Eagle enemy exclaimed FARMER fell FISHERMAN flew flock frightened FROG give Goat Goatherd golden axe GRASSHOPPER hand Hare horns Horse HOUND hunt hunters HUSBANDMAN JACKDAW James Read Jupiter king KITE Lamb LARK laughed length Lion LITTLE FISH load look master Mercury MICE MISCHIEVOUS DOG MOMUS Monkey mother Mountebank mouth neck neighbours never OLD WOMAN once Peisistratus Phædrus poor prize replied river RUSHLIGHT Satyr says seized Sheep SHEPHERD soon sooner STAG Stork straightway stream supper tail THEDDINGWORTH thing thinking Tortoise TOWN MOUSE TRAVELLERS tree turned Vine Wolf WOODMAN word young
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Page 13 - Come thou, and reign over us. But the fig-tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted, over the trees ? Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us. And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ? Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
Page 13 - Come thou, and reign over us. And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow : and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Page 13 - The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? And the trees said to the fig tree. Come thou, and reign over us.
Page 43 - As a Wolf was lapping at the head of a running brook, he spied a stray Lamb paddling, at some distance, down the stream. Having made up his mind to seize her, he bethought himself how he might justify his violence. " Villain !" said he, running up to her, " how dare you muddle the water that I am drinking ?
Page 108 - THE MONKEY AND THE CAMEL. AT a great meeting of the Beasts, the Monkey stood up to dance. Having greatly distinguished himself, and being applauded by all present, it moved the spleen of the Camel, who came forward and began to dance also; but he made himself so utterly absurd, that all the Beasts in indignation set upon him with clubs and drove him out of the ring. Stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach. FABLE 74.— THE MOLE AND HER MOTHER. SAID a young Mole to her mother, "Mother,...
Page 123 - IN THE DAYS OF OLD, WHEN THE FROGS WERE ALL AT LIBERTY IN the lakes, and had grown quite weary of following every one his own devices, they assembled one day together, and with no little...
Page 73 - Sun : with his welcome beams he dispersed the vapor and the cold; the traveler felt the genial warmth, and as the Sun shone brighter and brighter, he sat down, overcome with the heat, and cast his cloak on the ground. Thus the Sun was declared the conqueror ; and It has ever been deemed that persuasion is better than force ; THE WIND AND THE SCN.
Page 45 - MOUSE. ONCE upon a time a Country Mouse who had a friend in town invited him, for old acquaintance sake, to pay him a visit in the country. The invitation being accepted in due form, the Country Mouse, though plain and rough and somewhat frugal in his nature, opened his heart and store, in honour of hospitality and an old friend. There was not a carefully stored up morsel that he did not bring forth out of his larder, peas and barley, cheese-parings and nuts, hoping by quantity to make up what he...
Page 142 - THE FALCONER AND THE PARTRIDGE. A FALCONER having taken a Partridge in his net, the bird cried out sorrowfully, " Let me go, good Master Falconer, and I promise you I will decoy other Partridges into your net."
Page 30 - They, instantly detecting the intruder, stripped him of his borrowed plumes, and falling upon him with their beaks, sent him about his business. The unlucky Jackdaw, sorely punished and deeply sorrowing, betook himself to his former companions, and would have flocked with them again as if nothing had happened. But they, recollecting what airs he had given himself, drummed him out of their society, while one of those whom he had so lately despised, read him this lecture : " Had you been contented...