Subject for June, 2016
The Lion, The Wolf, And The Fox
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A LION, growing old, lay sick in his cave. All the beasts came to visit their king, except the Fox. The Wolf therefore, thinking that he had a capital opportunity, accused the...
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The Quack Frog
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A FROG once upon a time came forth from his home in the marsh and proclaimed to all the beasts that he was a learned physician, skilled in the use of drugs and able to heal all ...
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The Gamecocks And The Partridge
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A MAN had two Gamecocks in his poultry-yard. One day by chance he found a tame Partridge for sale. He purchased it and brought it home to be reared with his Gamecocks. When t...
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The Two Men Who Were Enemies
Subject: Aesop's Fables
TWO MEN, deadly enemies to each other, were sailing in the same vessel. Determined to keep as far apart as possible, the one seated himself in the stem, and the other in the pr...
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The North Wind And The Sun
Subject: Aesop's Fables
THE NORTH WIND and the Sun disputed as to which was the most powerful, and agreed that he should be declared the victor who could first strip a wayfaring man of his clothes. Th...
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The Crow And Mercury
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A CROW caught in a snare prayed to Apollo to release him, making a vow to offer some frankincense at his shrine. But when rescued from his danger, he forgot his promise. Short...
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The Wasps, The Partridges, And The Farmer
Subject: Aesop's Fables
THE WASPS and the Partridges, overcome with thirst, came to a Farmer and besought him to give them some water to drink. They promised amply to repay him the favor which they as...
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The Brother And The Sister
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A FATHER had one son and one daughter, the former remarkable for his good looks, the latter for her extraordinary ugliness. While they were playing one day as children, they ha...
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The Wolf And The Horse
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A WOLF coming out of a field of oats met a Horse and thus addressed him: “I would advise you to go into that field. It is full of fine oats, which I have left untouched ...
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The Cobbler Turned Doctor
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A COBBLER unable to make a living by his trade and made desperate by poverty, began to practice medicine in a town in which he was not known. He sold a drug, pretending that it...
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