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

"Then the Mosquitoes, big and little, flew around him. Many went into his ears, and the smallest ones we ...

FABLES OF LA FONTAINE* "Of Fables judge not by their face; They give the simplest brute a teache ...

Ere the harvest be bound." The Ant is a friend— (And here she might mend) Li ...

'Tis thus, whatever peril may alarm us, Sweet words will surely never harm us. The Hornets and the Bees ...

The Wasp at length their title sees, And gives the honey to the Bees. Oh, ...

This power on creatures here below, The beasts should have as much of mind ...

A thriftier economy To keep small curs, say two or three, That would not cost him half the f ...

The Lion Going to War The Lion had an enterprise in hand; Held a war-council, sent his pr ...

"What!" said the Donkey in his heart; "Ought it to be that Puppy's part ...

By faulting every hound That yelps upon the ground. At last his reeking heat Betrays his snug ...

When having fully broken fast, A noise she heard, and hurried To find ...

He thought undoubtedly he could. He tried: the tone in which he spoke, ...

Cried out the much-elated Ass. "Yes," said the Lion; "bravely bray'd! Had I not known ...

The wildest wind that ever blew Is safe to me compared with you. I bend, indeed, but never ...

And, if you doubt my word, Just see the wings with which I fly. Long live the mice ...

With every living thing in love, Was prompt a spire of grass to throw her, By which the Ant r ...

Your merry bonfires light. But, first, let's seal the bliss ...

Escaped the Goat's attention. No sooner did he see The m ...

The Fox, the Monkey, and the Animals Left kingless by the lion's death, The beasts once m ...

The beasts all gathered from the farce, That stuff for kings is very scarce. The Rat and the Oyster A co ...