Subject for June, 2016
The Jackdaw And The Fox
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A HALF-FAMISHED JACKDAW seated himself on a fig-tree, which had produced some fruit entirely out of season, and waited in the hope that the figs would ripen. A Fox seeing him s...
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The Stag At The Pool
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A STAG overpowered by heat came to a spring to drink. Seeing his own shadow reflected in the water, he greatly admired the size and variety of his horns, but felt angry with hi...
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The Two Bags
Subject: Aesop's Fables
EVERY MAN, according to an ancient legend, is born into the world with two bags suspended from his neck all bag in front full of his neighbors’ faults, and a large bag b...
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The Ass And His Purchaser
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A MAN wished to purchase an Ass, and agreed with its owner that he should try out the animal before he bought him. He took the Ass home and put him in the straw-yard with his o...
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The Man And The Satyr
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A MAN and a Satyr once drank together in token of a bond of alliance being formed between them. One very cold wintry day, as they talked, the Man put his fingers to his mouth a...
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The Eagle And The Fox
Subject: Aesop's Fables
AN EAGLE and a Fox formed an intimate friendship and decided to live near each other. The Eagle built her nest in the branches of a tall tree, while the Fox crept into the unde...
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The Fox And The Crane
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A FOX invited a Crane to supper and provided nothing for his entertainment but some soup made of pulse, which was poured out into a broad flat stone dish. The soup fell out of ...
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The Eagle And The Jackdaw
Subject: Aesop's Fables
AN EAGLE, flying down from his perch on a lofty rock, seized upon a lamb and carried him aloft in his talons. A Jackdaw, who witnessed the capture of the lamb, was stirred with...
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The Dove And The Crow
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A DOVE shut up in a cage was boasting of the large number of young ones which she had hatched. A Crow hearing her, said: “My good friend, cease from this unseasonable bo...
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The Goods And The Ills
Subject: Aesop's Fables
ALL the Goods were once driven out by the Ills from that common share which they each had in the affairs of mankind; for the Ills by reason of their numbers had prevailed to pos...
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