Subject for June, 2016
The Flea And The Ox
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A FLEA thus questioned an Ox: “What ails you, that being so huge and strong, you submit to the wrongs you receive from men and slave for them day by day, while I, being s...
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The Sparrow And The Hare
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A HARE pounced upon by an eagle sobbed very much and uttered cries like a child. A Sparrow upbraided her and said, “Where now is thy remarkable swiftness of foot? Why wer...
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The Ass In The Lion’s Skin
Subject: Aesop's Fables
AN ASS, having put on the Lion’s skin, roamed about in the forest and amused himself by frightening all the foolish animals he met in his wanderings. At last coming upon ...
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The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A TRUMPETER, bravely leading on the soldiers, was captured by the enemy. He cried out to his captors, “Pray spare me, and do not take my life without cause or without inq...
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The Owl And The Birds
Subject: Aesop's Fables
AN OWL, in her wisdom, counseled the Birds that when the acorn first began to sprout, to pull it all up out of the ground and not allow it to grow. She said acorns would produc...
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The Fox And The Lion
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A FOX saw a Lion confined in a cage, and standing near him, bitterly reviled him. The Lion said to the Fox, “It is not thou who revilest me; but this mischance which has ...
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The Spendthrift And The Swallow
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A YOUNG MAN, a great spendthrift, had run through all his patrimony and had but one good cloak left. One day he happened to see a Swallow, which had appeared before its season,...
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The Birds, The Beasts, And The Bat
Subject: Aesop's Fables
THE BIRDS waged war with the Beasts, and each were by turns the conquerors. A Bat, fearing the uncertain issues of the fight, always fought on the side which he felt was the st...
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The Wolf And The Lion
Subject: Aesop's Fables
ROAMING BY the mountainside at sundown, a Wolf saw his own shadow become greatly extended and magnified, and he said to himself, “Why should I, being of such an immense si...
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The Dog’s House
Subject: Aesop's Fables
IN THE WINTERTIME, a Dog curled up in as small a space as possible on account of the cold, determined to make himself a house. However when the summer returned again, he lay as...
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