A Philosopher seeing a Fool beating his Donkey, said: “Abstain, my son, abstain, I implore. Those who resort to violence […]

The cat and fox, when saints were all the rage Together went upon pilgrimage. Our pilgrims, as a thing of

A golden Egg, one every day, That simpleton’s Goose used to lay; So he killed the poor thing, Swifter fortune

As a Cock was scratching up the straw, in a farm-yard, in search of food for the hens, he hit

A watch-dog in a village was barking all night to keep thieves off from his master’s house. An ass, who

A fox that lived by the seashore once met a wolf that had never seen the sea. The wolf said,

A Kangaroo hopping awkwardly along with some bulky object concealed in her pouch met a Zebra, and desirous of keeping

The Trees ask of Man what he lacks; “One bit, just to handle my axe?” All he asks–well and good:

One day a Stag came to a Sheep and asked her to lend him a measure of wheat. The Sheep

Two asses tracking, t’other day, Of which each in his turn, Did incense to the other burn, Quite in the

Two Poets were quarrelling for the Apple of Discord and the Bone of Contention, for they were very hungry. “My

Several Political Entities were dividing the spoils. “I will take the management of the prisons,” said a Decent Respect for

Two Maids killed the Rooster whose warning Awoke them too soon every morning: But small were their gains, For their

Two bulls engaged in shocking battle, Both for a certain heifer’s sake, And lordship over certain cattle, A frog began

A Man was hanged by the neck until he was dead. “Whence do you come?” Saint Peter asked when the

A cat and a monkey were sitting one day in the chimney corner watching some chestnuts which their master had

The Frogs prayed to Jove for a king: “Not a log, but a livelier thing.” Jove sent them a Stork,

The Wind and the Sun had a bet, The wayfarers’ cloak which should get: Blew the Wind–the cloak clung: Shone

A Great Philanthropist who had thought of himself in connection with the Presidency and had introduced a bill into Congress

There was once an Ass whose Master also owned a Lap Dog. This Dog was a favorite and received many

Two Goats, frisking gayly on the rocky steeps of a mountain valley, chanced to meet, one on each side of

A Dog asleep in a manger filled with hay, was awakened by the Cattle, which came in tired and hungry

A Peacock, puffed up with vanity, met a Crane one day, and to impress him spread his gorgeous tail in

Two Bulls were fighting furiously in a field, at one side of which was a marsh. An old Frog living

A Fox fell into a well, and though it was not very deep, he found that he could not get