He was able to quench his thirst and save his life in an innovative way.Ī fable about a dog who attacks his own shadow to get a larger piece of meatĪ starving Wolf is encouraged to come home with the Dog where he could work and be well fed. Two friends decide not to move in together because of their very opposite professions.Ī thirsty Crow found a pitcher with very little water which he could not reach. Venus lets loose a mouse during the wedding to see how she reacts. Jupiter changes a cat into a maiden and has her marry. Jupiter and Venus argue if a living being can change its nature. moral: no one believes a liar even when he tells the truth.Ī father teaches his sons the value of working together. It’s the intention rather than the action that makes a good choice.Ī shepherd boy falsely cries “wolf” twice just to get excitement from the villiage people, but when a real wolf comes and he cries “wolf” again, no one comes to his rescue. The consequences of this decision gave the body parts an important lesson on teamwork. They decide to stop working until the belly works harder. The parts of the body feel they are working very hard and the belly is not. One mouse had an idea to put a bell on the cat to warn the mice when the cat was near. The mice want to be safe from their enemy, the cat. After the conflict is settled the bat wishes to be friends but neither group will have him.Ī bear and a fox have different views of the bear’s attitude towards what he eats. Each group invites the bat to join with them. The beasts and the birds are preparing for a conflict. This time feeling wiser the man does not slap his head.Ī bat uses whatever best choice he has at the time to save himself from predators. The fly escapes the slap and once again torments him. Two neighbors were in constant competition with each other, so Jupiter granted them a wish to teach them a lesson.Ī fly torments a bald man who slaps his head trying to kill the fly. The ants point out that he could have stored up food for winter. Please refer to the passage pages for further source information. This book was compiled by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology and includes passages from multiple sources. In some cases, we have included both Townsend's version and Bryant's version of the same tale.
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Some of the tales included here were taken from the book How to Tell Stories to Children and Some Stories To Tell, by Sara Cone Bryant and published in London in 1918. Townsend's translations were influential on many subsequent collections of fables.
Most of the tales included here were translated and edited by Reverend George Fyler Townsend (1814-1900) in England and published under the title, Aesop's Fables.
Aesop's Fables is a collection of tales by the Greek storyteller Aesop.
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