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

And the use of this fable is, that thou mayest learn that to no one does the sun of his wish rise f ...

water and grain sufficed them; while on the summit of a mountain, beneath which that tree lay, a ...

Salamander, and after the usual salutation, paid the compliment of offering service. The Salamander, too, in a ...

hours in the worship of the All-wise King, and by these means had shaken his skirt clear from the dust ...

This difference was prolonged between them, and at last the words of both came to wrangling. The thief was ...

King rendered impatient by thirst, dashed the Hawk on the ground and killed it. Shortly after a stirrup-hold ...

continued uttering his voice in a heart-rending cadence and assumed himself to be a nightingale of a thousand ...

suspended head downward in the air. The Crow flew on, holding the Mouse in its beak, and lower still t ...

gracefully is a thing implanted in me by nature, and thy style of going is equally a natural characteristic. ...

FABLES FROM THE HITOPADESA "This work entitled Hitopadesa, or Friendly Instructor, affordeth elegance in ...

perform ablutions regularly, and am charitable. Why, then, am I not worthy of confidence?" "So far, you see," ...

Jackal. Said he, "I am a Cat." "Ah! wicked animal," cried the Jackal, "get thee at a distance; for i ...

After this, when many days had passed, it was discovered that the Cat had, by degrees, drawn all the l ...

shall have food to eat. The Man will last me for a whole month, and the Deer and the Boar for two mor ...

They say: As often as thou shalt be deprived of the society of the good, so often shalt thou fall in ...

from apprehension by his servants." [1]Whose ears are the colour of curds. [2]Great courage. The Poor Woman ...

proper to be alarmed by a mere sound, when the cause of the sound is unknown." The Lion and the Rabbit He ...

The Birds and the Monkeys A wise man is worthy to be advised; but an ignorant one never. Certain birds, havin ...

trampling over their warren, at length, one of them, reflected in this manner: "This troop of Elephants, ...

The Blue Jackal The fool who forsaketh his own party, and delighteth to dwell with the opposite side may be ...