Subject for June, 2016
The Dolphins, The Whales, And The Sprat
Subject: Aesop's Fables
THE DOLPHINS and Whales waged a fierce war with each other. When the battle was at its height, a Sprat lifted its head out of the waves and said that he would reconcile their d...
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The Wolf And The Shepherds
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A WOLF, passing by, saw some Shepherds in a hut eating a haunch of mutton for their dinner. Approaching them, he said, “What a clamor you would raise if I were to do as y...
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The Master And His Dogs
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A CERTAIN MAN, detained by a storm in his country house, first of all killed his sheep, and then his goats, for the maintenance of his household. The storm still continuing, he...
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The Three Tradesmen
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A GREAT CITY was besieged, and its inhabitants were called together to consider the best means of protecting it from the enemy. A Bricklayer earnestly recommended bricks as aff...
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The Playful Ass
Subject: Aesop's Fables
AN ASS climbed up to the roof of a building, and frisking about there, broke in the tiling. The owner went up after him and quickly drove him down, beating him severely with a ...
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The Rivers And The Sea
Subject: Aesop's Fables
THE RIVERS joined together to complain to the Sea, saying, “Why is it that when we flow into your tides so potable and sweet, you work in us such a change, and make us sal...
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The Wolf And The Housedog
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A WOLF, meeting a big well-fed Mastiff with a wooden collar about his neck asked him who it was that fed him so well and yet compelled him to drag that heavy log about wherever ...
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The Mice In Council
Subject: Aesop's Fables
THE MICE summoned a council to decide how they might best devise means of warning themselves of the approach of their great enemy the Cat. Among the many plans suggested, the o...
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The Mice And The Weasels
Subject: Aesop's Fables
THE WEASELS and the Mice waged a perpetual war with each other, in which much blood was shed. The Weasels were always the victors. The Mice thought that the cause of their fre...
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