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

was; but the Wild Dog ran back. The Lion went, thinking, "I will kill the bird," but he did not know th ...

[1]This refers to the universal belief that hunters are able to render themselves invisible, in moments of dange ...

So he went and called the Hare again, and when the Hare was come, he said to him: "Brother Hare, ther ...

All the Insects assembled and went to our Lord to seek employment. On their arrival they said to our Lord, ...

spread mats there, and sell them." So the Merchant-insect obtained his employment, drove his ass, and went f ...

the man?" The little red Ants answered, and said to our Lord, "The reason why we killed this man is this ...

Man of Lubi la Suku caught a Turtle in the bush; he came with it to the village. They said: "Let ...

Turtle dives; after a while he emerges. There he is swimming and singing: "In water, in my home! I ...

about." Hare says: "Mr. Leopard, let him be again on the tree, where he was; that I may see." Mr. ...

"Not sickness; Wiliness holds thee Not sickness; Wiliness holds thee! Not sickness; Wilines ...

Frog!" Dog and the Kingship Mr. Dog, they wanted to invest him with the kingship. They sought all the things o ...

FABLES FROM KRILOF "Shall not my fable censure vice, Because a Knave is over-nice? An ...

Should he trust him to the Mole? All who speak of that animal say that it is an extreme admirer of order a ...

"Papa," exclaimed the prince, "I know what no one here knows. I can tell where each bird, from the Ea ...

The Pike and the Cat A conceited Pike took it into its head to exercise the functions of a cat. ...

In a similar way I have sometimes seen other embarrassed people set straight their affairs. Take a loo ...

"Stop, brothers, stop!" cries the Monkey, "wait a little! How can we get our music right? It's plain, you must ...

all up? What a soup it is! How rich! It looks as if it had been sprinkled with amber. Here is a bre ...

be spiritless and indolent." "This description," says the old Wolf, "does not greatly attract me to the flock. Fo ...

"Excellent!" cry the judges, and unanimously accept the proposition. So the Pike was flung—into the river. The Cuckoo ...