The Talking Beasts_ A Book of Fable Wisdom - Nora Archibald Smith

The Hares once took serious counsel among themselves whether death itself would not be preferable to their m ...

The Travellers and the Bear Two Men, about to journey through a forest, agreed to stand by each other in any ...

accustom yourself to walking straight forward without twisting from side to side." "Pray, mother," said ...

work in a wood and begged his assistance to some hiding-place. The man said he might go into his cotta ...

The Old Woman and Her Maids A certain Old Woman had several Maids, whom she used to call to their work every ...

enemies." Hercules and the Wagoner As a Wagoner was driving his wain through a miry lane, the wheels stuck fa ...

Awed by the splash, the Frogs watched their King in fear and trembling, till at last, encouraged by his s ...

and told her what had happened, begging her to take them away as fast as she could. The mother bade ...

had well paid him off. "I will not apologize for the dinner," said the Stork, "nor for the manner of ser ...

The Fox and the Grapes There was a time when a Fox would have ventured as far for a Bunch of Grapes as ...

Having come midway to the goal, she began to play about, nibble the young herbage, and amuse herself in ma ...

The Boy and the Wolf A mischievous Lad, who was set to mind some Sheep, often used, in jest, to cry "Wolf! ...

The Two Travellers As two men were travelling through a wood, one of them took up an axe which he saw lying ...

come at her. He therefore had recourse to an old stratagem. "Dear cousin," said he to her, "how d ...

The Wolf and the Sheep A Wolf, sorely wounded and bitten by dogs, lay sick and maimed in his lair. Parched with ...

"Yes, faith," answered the Man, "it is hot enough in all conscience, and that is just the reason why I blow ...

"Ah, my son," replied the Old Mouse, "learn while you live to distrust appearances. The first strange creatur ...

"Well, not quite always," said the Mastiff; "but what can that matter?" "It matters so much to me," ...

"Ah," answered the Capon, "if Falcons were called like Capons, to be run upon a spit and set before the ki ...

A short time after the Eagle found the owlets in a hollow tree. "These hideous little staring frights, at ...