Subject for June, 2016
The Traveler And Fortune
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A TRAVELER wearied from a long journey lay down, overcome with fatigue, on the very brink of a deep well. Just as he was about to fall into the water, Dame Fortune, it is said,...
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The Hare And The Hound
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A HOUND started a Hare from his lair, but after a long run, gave up the chase. A goat-herd seeing him stop, mocked him, saying “The little one is the best runner of the t...
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The Oaks And Jupiter
Subject: Aesop's Fables
THE OAKS presented a complaint to Jupiter, saying, “We bear for no purpose the burden of life, as of all the trees that grow we are the most continually in peril of the ax...
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The Monkeys And Their Mother
Subject: Aesop's Fables
THE MONKEY, it is said, has two young ones at each birth. The Mother fondles one and nurtures it with the greatest affection and care, but hates and neglects the other. It hap...
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The Fox And The Leopard
Subject: Aesop's Fables
THE FOX and the Leopard disputed which was the more beautiful of the two. The Leopard exhibited one by one the various spots which decorated his skin. But the Fox, interruptin...
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The Dancing Monkeys
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A PRINCE had some Monkeys trained to dance. Being naturally great mimics of men’s actions, they showed themselves most apt pupils, and when arrayed in their rich clothes ...
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The Bull And The Goat
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A BULL, escaping from a Lion, hid in a cave which some shepherds had recently occupied. As soon as he entered, a He-Goat left in the cave sharply attacked him with his horns. ...
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The Image Of Mercury And The Carpenter
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A VERY POOR MAN, a Carpenter by trade, had a wooden image of Mercury, before which he made offerings day by day, and begged the idol to make him rich, but in spite of his entrea...
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The Peasant And The Eagle
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A PEASANT found an Eagle captured in a trap, and much admiring the bird, set him free. The Eagle did not prove ungrateful to his deliverer, for seeing the Peasant sitting under...
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The Lion And The Hare
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A LION came across a Hare, who was fast asleep. He was just in the act of seizing her, when a fine young Hart trotted by, and he left the Hare to follow him. The Hare, scared ...
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