Subject for June, 2016
The Boy Hunting Locusts
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number, when he saw a Scorpion, and mistaking him for a locust, reached out his hand to take him. The Scorpion, showing h...
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The Father And His Sons
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A FATHER had a family of sons who were perpetually quarreling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practica...
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The Charcoal-Burner And The Fuller
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A CHARCOAL-BURNER carried on his trade in his own house. One day he met a friend, a Fuller, and entreated him to come and live with him, saying that they should be far better n...
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The Lion And The Mouse
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: “...
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The Ass And The Grasshopper
Subject: Aesop's Fables
AN ASS having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them s...
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The Bat And The Weasels
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spared his life. The Weasel refused, saying that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. The Bat assur...
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The Wolf And The Lamb
Subject: Aesop's Fables
WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf’s right to eat him. He thu...
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Life Of Aesop
Subject: Aesop's Fables
THE LIFE and History of Aesop is involved, like that of Homer, the most famous of Greek poets, in much obscurity. Sardis, the capital of Lydia; Samos, a Greek island; Mesembria...
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Preface
Subject: Aesop's Fables
THE TALE, the Parable, and the Fable are all common and popular modes of conveying instruction. Each is distinguished by its own special characteristics. The Tale consists simpl...
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