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The Jackdaw and the Doves
2023-12-05A JACKDAW, seeing some Doves in a cote abundantly provided withfood, painted himself white and joined them in order to sharetheir plentiful maintenanc...
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The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter
2023-12-05A VERY POOR MAN, a Carpenter by trade, had a wooden image ofMercury, before which he made offerings day by day, and beggedthe idol to make him rich, b...
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Hercules and Pallas
2023-12-05Hercules, once journeying along a narrow roadway, came across astrange-looking animal that reared its head and threatened him.Nothing daunted, the her...
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The Fox and the Stork
2023-12-05At one time the Fox and the Stork were on visiting terms andseemed very good friends. So the Fox invited the Stork to dinner,and for a joke put nothin...
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The Fox and the Mosquitoes
2023-12-05A Fox after crossing a river got its tail entangled in a bush,and could not move. A number of Mosquitoes seeing its plightsettled upon it and enjoyed ...
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The Fox and the Hedgehog
2023-12-05A FOX swimming across a rapid river was carried by the force ofthe current into a very deep ravine, where he lay for a long timevery much bruised, sic...
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The Fox Who Had Lost His Tail
2023-12-05A FOX caught in a trap escaped, but in so doing lost his tail. Thereafter, feeling his life a burden from the shame and ridiculeto which he was expose...
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The Flea and the Wrestler
2023-12-05A FLEA settled upon the bare foot of a Wrestler and bit him,causing the man to call loudly upon Hercules for help. When theFlea a second time hopped u...
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The Dog's House
2023-12-05IN THE WINTERTIME, a Dog curled up in as small a space aspossible on account of the cold, determined to make himself ahouse. However when the summer r...
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The Crow and Mercury
2023-12-05A CROW caught in a snare prayed to Apollo to release him, makinga vow to offer some frankincense at his shrine. But when rescuedfrom his danger, he fo...