An Argosy of Fables: A Representative Selection from the Fable Literature of Every Age and Land

99 Fable Adapted from translation Æsop asked AVIANUS Babrius beak beasts Beetle began begged besought betook bird-lime birds Brahman Bramble Bull called Camel carry caught Cock companion Crab Crane creature cried Crow danger dead death Deer dinner Dolphin Eagle Elephant exclaimed fear fell fish Flea flew flock frankincense frightened Frog Gangadatta give Goat golden axe Halm Hare heard Hitopadeça hole horns Horse HOUND Jackal JACKDAW Jupiter kill King Kite laughed Lion lived master Mercury Monkey mother Mouse neighbours nest once Panchatantra Partridge Phædrus poor pray replied river saying seized Serpent sheep SHEPHERD Sherington Sir Edwin Arnold Snake soon Stag Stork straightway tail teeth Thief thinking Thomas James took Townsend's translation translation by Sir travelling tree turn wild Wolf Yajnavalkya young