An Artillery Regiment of a State Militia applied to the Governor for wooden guns to practice with. “Those,” they explained, […]

The oak one day address’d the reed:— “To you ungenerous indeed Has nature been, my humble friend, With weakness aye

A Fox, one day, saw a Cock on the roof of a barn. “Come to me, my dear Master Cock,”

A blundering bat once stuck her head Into a wakeful weasel’s bed; Whereat the mistress of the house, A deadly

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

A poor wood-chopper, with his fagot load, Whom weight of years, as well as load, oppress’d, Sore groaning in his

A Rattlesnake came home to his brood and said: “My children, gather about and receive your father’s last blessing, and

A Slander travelling rapidly through the land upon its joyous mission was accosted by a Retraction and commanded to halt

A Widow weeping on her husband’s grave was approached by an Engaging Gentleman who, in a respectful manner, assured her

A Person belonging to the Society for Passing Resolutions of Respect for the Memory of Deceased Members having died received

A Kid vowed to Jove, so might he Find his herd, & his herd did he see Soon, of lions

A Boy heedless slept by the well By Dame Fortune awaked, truth to tell, Said she, “Hadst been drowned, ‘Twould

The first time the Fox had a sight Of the Lion, he ‘most died of fright; When he next met

A shepherd, neighbour to the sea, Lived with his flock contentedly. His fortune, though but small, Was safe within his

A field in common share A partridge and a hare, And live in peaceful state, Till, woeful to relate! The

Some Boys were playing one day at the edge of a pond in which lived a family of Frogs. The

A Wolf had been feasting too greedily, and a bone had stuck crosswise in his throat. He could get it

A Dog and a Cock, who were the best of friends, wished very much to see something of the world.

A young Mouse in search of adventure was running along the bank of a pond where lived a Frog. When

A Beetle once begged the Eagle to spare a Hare which had run to her for protection. But the Eagle

A man who lived a long time ago believed that he could read the future in the stars. He called

A Farmer walked through his field one cold winter morning. On the ground lay a Snake, stiff and frozen with

There was once a Countryman who possessed the most wonderful Goose you can imagine, for every day when he visited

A Wolf had been prowling around a flock of Sheep for a long time, and the Shepherd watched very anxiously

A very young Mouse, who had never seen anything of the world, almost came to grief the very first time