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A LION came across a Hare, who was fast asleep. He was just inthe act of seizing her, when a fine young Hart trotted by, and heleft the Hare to follow...

A FARMER'S daughter was carrying her Pail of milk from the fieldto the farmhouse, when she fell a-musing. "The money for whichthis milk will ...

Patty the Milkmaid was going to market carrying her milk in aPail on her head. As she went along she began calculating whatshe would do with the money...

A WORKMAN, felling wood by the side of a river, let his axe drop- by accident into a deep pool. Being thus deprived of the meansof his livelihood, he ...

A Woodman was felling a tree on the bank of a river, when his axe,glancing off the trunk, flew out of his hands and fell into the water.As he stood by...

A MAN committed a murder, and was pursued by the relations of theman whom he murdered. On his reaching the river Nile he saw aLion on its bank and bei...

THE WEASELS and the Mice waged a perpetual war with each other,in which much blood was shed. The Weasels were always thevictors. The Mice thought that...

In the old days men used to worship stocks and stones andidols, and prayed to them to give them luck. It happened that aMan had often prayed to a wood...

A Man and his son were once going with their Donkey to market.As they were walking along by its side a countryman passed themand said: "You fools...

A Countryman's son by accident trod upon a Serpent's tail,which turned and bit him so that he died. The father in a ragegot his axe, and pursu...