Fables & Fabulists

The fable across cultures — Aesop, La Fontaine, and Ambrose Bierce’s wickedly modern Fantastic Fables — short tales with sharp teeth.

Wisdom wearing fur and feathers

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Showing 120 works from the first 120 entries in this collection.

• Sir Lark and King Sun
• The Strange Story of Mr. Dog and Mr. Bear
• A Caller
• Some Features of the Law
• A Word to the Unwise
• Four Candidates for Senator
• At the Close of the Canvass
• The Ass and the Lapdog
• The Suitable Surroundings
• The Sinking Ship
• The Man and his Friend
• My Monument
• Consolation
• Puss in Boots
• The Cat and the Birds
• An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
• An Explanation
• Work and Water
• Nose, the Dwarf
• To Maude
• The Badger
• The Man and the Viper
• The Slave and the Lion
• One of the Unfair Sex
• The Air-Mothers
• The King's Ankus
• The Two Parrots and the Magpie
• The Dying Statesman
• The Cocks
• The Spider's Thread
• The Conscientious Official
• The Song of Wandering Aengus
• The Trippertrots and the Baby Carriage
• The Fox Who Had Lost His Tail
• The Poor Count's Christmas
• A Dilemma
• The Flying Cow
• The she-Wolf and the Herd-Boys
• To Monseigneur the Dauphin
• The Grasshopper and the Ant
• The Raven and the Fox
• The Frog that Wished to be as Big as the Ox
• The Two Mules
• The Wolf and the Dog
• The Heifer, the Goat, and the Sheep, in Company with the Lion
• The Wallet
• The Swallow and the Little Birds
• The City Rat and the Country Rat
• The Wolf and the Lamb
• The Man and his Image
• The Dragon with Many Heads, and the Dragon with Many Tails
• The Thieves and the Ass
• Simonides Preserved by the Gods
• Death and the Unfortunate
• Death and the Woodman
• The Man between Two Ages, and his Two Mistresses
• The Fox and the Stork
• The Boy and the Schoolmaster
• The Cock and the Pearl
• The Hornets and the Bees
• The Oak and the Reed
• Against the Hard to Suit
• The Council Held by the Rats
• The Wolf Accusing the Fox before the Monkey
• The Two Bulls and the Frog
• The Bat and the Two Weasels
• The Bird Wounded by an Arrow
• The Bitch and her Friend
• The Eagle and the Beetle
• The Lion and the Gnat
• The Ass Loaded with Sponges, and the Ass Loaded with Salt
• The Lion and the Rat
• The Dove and the Ant
• The Astrologer who Stumbled into a Well
• The Hare and the Frogs
• The Cock and the Fox
• The Raven Wishing to Imitate the Eagle
• The Peacock Complaining to Juno
• The Cat Metamorphosed into a Woman
• The Lion and the Ass Hunting
• The will Explained by Aesop
• The Miller, his Son, and the Ass
• The Members and the Belly
• The Wolf Turned Shepherd
• The Frogs Asking a King
• The Fox and the Goat
• The Eagle, the Wild Sow, and the Cat
• The Drunkard and his Wife
• The Gout and the Spider
• The Wolf and the Stork
• The Lion Beaten by the Man
• The Fox and the Grapes
• The Swan and the Cook
• The Wolves and the Sheep
• The Lion Grown Old
• Philomel and Progne
• The Woman Drowned
• The Weasel in the Granary
• The Cat and the Old Rat
• The Lion in Love
• The Shepherd and the Sea
• The Fly and the Ant
• The Gardener and his Lord
• The Ass and the Little Dog
• The Battle of the Rats and the Weasels
• The Monkey and the Dolphin
• The Man and the Wooden God
• The Jay in the Feathers of the Peacock
• The Camel and the Floating Sticks
• The Frog and the Rat
• The Animals Sending Tribute to Alexander
• The Horse Wishing to be Revenged Upon the Stag
• The Fox and the Bust
• The Wolf, the Goat, and the Kid
• The Wolf, the Mother, and her Child
• The Words of Socrates
• The Old Man and his Sons
• The Oracle and the Atheist
• The Miser who had Lost his Treasure
• The Eye of the Master

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