Subject for June, 2016
The Charger And The Miller
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A CHARGER, feeling the infirmities of age, was sent to work in a mill instead of going out to battle. But when he was compelled to grind instead of serving in the wars, he bewa...
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The Fighting Cocks And The Eagle
Subject: Aesop's Fables
TWO GAME COCKS were fiercely fighting for the mastery of the farmyard. One at last put the other to flight. The vanquished Cock skulked away and hid himself in a quiet corner,...
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The Old Woman And The Physician
Subject: Aesop's Fables
AN OLD WOMAN having lost the use of her eyes, called in a Physician to heal them, and made this bargain with him in the presence of witnesses: that if he should cure her blindn...
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The Wolves And The Sheep
Subject: Aesop's Fables
“WHY SHOULD there always be this fear and slaughter between us?” said the Wolves to the Sheep. “Those evil-disposed Dogs have much to answer for. They always...
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The Astronomer
Subject: Aesop's Fables
AN ASTRONOMER used to go out at night to observe the stars. One evening, as he wandered through the suburbs with his whole attention fixed on the sky, he fell accidentally into...
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The Man And His Two Sweethearts
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A MIDDLE-AGED MAN, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at the same time. One of them was young, and the other well advanced in years. The elder woman, ashamed...
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The Boy And The Nettles
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A BOY was stung by a Nettle. He ran home and told his Mother, saying, “Although it hurts me very much, I only touched it gently.” “That was just why it stung...
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The Fox Who Had Lost His Tail
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A FOX caught in a trap escaped, but in so doing lost his tail. Thereafter, feeling his life a burden from the shame and ridicule to which he was exposed, he schemed to convince ...
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The Mischievous Dog
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A DOG used to run up quietly to the heels of everyone he met, and to bite them without notice. His master suspended a bell about his neck so that the Dog might give notice of h...
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The Goatherd And The Wild Goats
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A GOATHERD, driving his flock from their pasture at eventide, found some Wild Goats mingled among them, and shut them up together with his own for the night. The next day it sn...
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