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A LION was about to attack a braying Ass, when a Cock near by crowed shrilly, and the Lion ran away. "What frightened him?" the Ass asked. &...

A CERTAIN rich man reared a Goose and a Swan, the one for his table, the other because she was reputed a good singer. One night when the Cook went to ...

A WOLF passing a Shepherd's hut looked in and saw the shepherds dining. “Come in,“ said one of them, ironically, “and partake of your favourite di...

TWO Game Cocks, having fought a battle, the defeated one skulked away and hid, but the victor mounted a wall and crowed lustily. This attracted the at...

A WEARY Traveller who had lain down and fallen asleep on the brink of a deep well was discovered by Dame Fortune. "If this fool," she said, ...

A FISHERMAN who had caught a very small Fish was putting it in his basket when it said: “I pray you put me back into the stream, for I can be of no us...

ONE day in winter a hungry Grasshopper applied to an Ant for some of the food which they had stored. "Why," said the Ant, "did you not ...

A LION and a Boar, who were fighting for water at a pool, saw some vultures hovering significantly above them. "Let us make up our quarrel,"...

A MAN travelling in a desert met a Woman. "Who art thou?" asked the Man, "and why dost thou dwell in this dreadful place?" "M...

AN Eagle mortally wounded by an Archer was greatly comforted to observe that the arrow was feathered with one of his own quills. "I should have f...