Subject for June, 2016

The Ass And His Masters

Subject: Aesop's Fables

AN ASS, belonging to an herb-seller who gave him too little food and too much work made a petition to Jupiter to be released from his present service and provided with another m...

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The Ass And His Shadow

Subject: Aesop's Fables

A TRAVELER hired an Ass to convey him to a distant place. The day being intensely hot, and the sun shining in its strength, the Traveler stopped to rest, and sought shelter fro...

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The Brazier And His Dog

Subject: Aesop's Fables

A BRAZIER had a little Dog, which was a great favorite with his master, and his constant companion. While he hammered away at his metals the Dog slept; but when, on the other h...

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The Seaside Travelers

Subject: Aesop's Fables

SOME TRAVELERS, journeying along the seashore, climbed to the summit of a tall cliff, and looking over the sea, saw in the distance what they thought was a large ship. They wai...

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The Milk-Woman And Her Pail

Subject: Aesop's Fables

A FARMER’S daughter was carrying her Pail of milk from the field to the farmhouse, when she fell a-musing. “The money for which this milk will be sold, will buy at ...

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The Bee And Jupiter

Subject: Aesop's Fables

A BEE from Mount Hymettus, the queen of the hive, ascended to Olympus to present Jupiter some honey fresh from her combs. Jupiter, delighted with the offering of honey, promised...

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The Old Hound

Subject: Aesop's Fables

A HOUND, who in the days of his youth and strength had never yielded to any beast of the forest, encountered in his old age a boar in the chase. He seized him boldly by the ear...

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The Old Lion

Subject: Aesop's Fables

A LION, worn out with years and powerless from disease, lay on the ground at the point of death. A Boar rushed upon him, and avenged with a stroke of his tusks a long-remembere...

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The Two Travelers And The Axe

Subject: Aesop's Fables

TWO MEN were journeying together. One of them picked up an axe that lay upon the path, and said, “I have found an axe.” “Nay, my friend,” replied the o...

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The Ass Carrying The Image

Subject: Aesop's Fables

AN ASS once carried through the streets of a city a famous wooden Image, to be placed in one of its Temples. As he passed along, the crowd made lowly prostration before the Ima...

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