Aesop's Fables: A moral in every animal

The tortoise and the hare, the ant and the grasshopper — the ancient Greek fables that taught the West its first lessons, one talking animal at a time.

In this collection

• The Two Bobbies
• The Law of Hospitality
• The Trestle and the Buck-Saw
• The Thin Santa Claus
• The Bad Squire
• The Angel and the Flowers
• The Runaway Boy
• Children and Dogs
• Madam How and Lady Why
• The Polar Bear
• Where Sarah Jane's Doll Went
• A Fairy Tale
• The Rose and the Thrush
• The Bootblack's Dog
• Peter's Goat
• Frank and a Field-Mouse
• Little Jack Janitor
• Inscription for My Little Son's Silver Plate
• The Chimney Sweep
• November's Come
• The Bull
• The Drum
• The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò
• The Tiger
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