Subject for June, 2016
The Ass And His Driver
Subject: Aesop's Fables
AN ASS, being driven along a high road, suddenly started off and bolted to the brink of a deep precipice. While he was in the act of throwing himself over, his owner seized him...
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The Eagle And The Kite
Subject: Aesop's Fables
AN EAGLE, overwhelmed with sorrow, sat upon the branches of a tree in company with a Kite. “Why,” said the Kite, “do I see you with such a rueful look?’...
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The Olive-Tree And The Fig-Tree
Subject: Aesop's Fables
THE OLIVE-TREE ridiculed the Fig-Tree because, while she was green all the year round, the Fig-Tree changed its leaves with the seasons. A shower of snow fell upon them, and, f...
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The Bald Man And The Fly
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A FLY bit the bare head of a Bald Man who, endeavoring to destroy it, gave himself a heavy slap. Escaping, the Fly said mockingly, “You who have wished to revenge, even w...
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The Eagle And His Captor
Subject: Aesop's Fables
AN EAGLE was once captured by a man, who immediately clipped his wings and put him into his poultry-yard with the other birds, at which treatment the Eagle was weighed down with...
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The Ass And The Charger
Subject: Aesop's Fables
AN ASS congratulated a Horse on being so ungrudgingly and carefully provided for, while he himself had scarcely enough to eat and not even that without hard work. But when war ...
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The Panther And The Shepherds
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A PANTHER, by some mischance, fell into a pit. The Shepherds discovered him, and some threw sticks at him and pelted him with stones, while others, moved with compassion toward...
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The Camel And Jupiter
Subject: Aesop's Fables
THE CAMEL, when he saw the Bull adorned with horns, envied him and wished that he himself could obtain the same honors. He went to Jupiter, and besought him to give him horns. ...
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The Lion And The Shepherd
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A LION, roaming through a forest, trod upon a thorn. Soon afterward he came up to a Shepherd and fawned upon him, wagging his tail as if to say, “I am a suppliant, and se...
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The Viper And The File
Subject: Aesop's Fables
A LION, entering the workshop of a smith, sought from the tools the means of satisfying his hunger. He more particularly addressed himself to a File, and asked of him the favor...
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