Subject for June, 2016
The Town Mouse And The Country Mouse
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A COUNTRY MOUSE invited a Town Mouse, an intimate friend, to pay him a visit and partake of his country fare. As they were on the bare plowlands, eating there wheat-stocks and ...
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The Goat And The Ass
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A MAN once kept a Goat and an Ass. The Goat, envying the Ass on account of his greater abundance of food, said, “How shamefully you are treated: at one time grinding in ...
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The Lion And The Bull
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A LION, greatly desiring to capture a Bull, and yet afraid to attack him on account of his great size, resorted to a trick to ensure his destruction. He approached the Bull and...
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The Wolf And The Goat
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A WOLF saw a Goat feeding at the summit of a steep precipice, where he had no chance of reaching her. He called to her and earnestly begged her to come lower down, lest she fal...
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The Dog, The Cock, And The Fox
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A DOG and a Cock being great friends, agreed to travel together. At nightfall they took shelter in a thick wood. The Cock flying up, perched himself on the branches of a tree, ...
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The Hawk And The Nightingale
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A NIGHTINGALE, sitting aloft upon an oak and singing according to his wont, was seen by a Hawk who, being in need of food, swooped down and seized him. The Nightingale, about t...
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The Peacock And Juno
Subject: Aesop's Fables
THE PEACOCK made complaint to Juno that, while the nightingale pleased every ear with his song, he himself no sooner opened his mouth than he became a laughingstock to all who h...
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The Man And His Wife
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A MAN had a Wife who made herself hated by all the members of his household. Wishing to find out if she had the same effect on the persons in her father’s house, he made ...
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The Fox And The Grapes
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A FAMISHED FOX saw some clusters of ripe black grapes hanging from a trellised vine. She resorted to all her tricks to get at them, but wearied herself in vain, for she could n...
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The Seller Of Images
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A CERTAIN MAN made a wooden image of Mercury and offered it for sale. When no one appeared willing to buy it, in order to attract purchasers, he cried out that he had the statu...
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