An ass felt it his duty to destroy superstition, so he went up to the brass idol in the market-place […]

A Person with a Wart on His Nose met a Person Similarly Afflicted, and said: “Let me propose your name

The Hen roosted high on her perch; Hungry Fox down below, on the search, Coaxed her hard to descend She

“Never fear!” said The Brass to the Clay Of two Jars that the flood bore away: “Keep you close to

A Fox with his foot on a Mask, Thus took the fair semblance to task; “You’re a real handsome face;

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

“Be ashamed of yourself,” said the frog. “When I was a tadpole, I had no tail.” “Just what I thought!”

Four reformers met under a bramble bush. They were all agreed the world must be changed. “We must abolish property,”

A baa-sheep was lying under the paw of a black-maned lion. Whatever was going to be done had to be

A hippopotamus who had dwelt contentedly for years on the banks of a reedy stream, looked up one day and

A very prancy horse, discovering an oyster on the sea-shore, thought to show off a little and make the oyster

A dog with a piece of meat in his mouth was crossing a bridge over a placid stream. On looking

A Dog had been taught to carry his Master’s dinner in a basket, every day, to the place where he

An ass felt it his duty to destroy superstition, so he went up to the brass idol in the market-place

A merchant of horses was driving his stock to the market. On the road he met a venerable old fool,

The Phaëton who drove a load of hay Once found his cart bemired. Poor man! the spot was far away

The Lion Going to War. The lion had an enterprise in hand; Held a war-council, sent his provost-marshal, And gave

“Dig deeply, my Sons! through this field! There’s a Treasure”–he died: unrevealed The spot where ’twas laid, They dug as

The Fox said “I can play, when it fits, Many wiles that with man make me quits.” “But my trick’s

A poor half-blind Doe her one eye Kept shoreward, all danger to spy, As she fed by the sea, Poor

A Farmer went to town, on a market day, and bought five peaches. He gave one to his wife, and

A man who had traveled over many countries was shipwrecked off the coast of Opera land. After a desperate battle

On a Statue–king Lion dethroned, Showing conqueror Man,–Lion frowned. “If a Lion, you know, Had been sculptor, he’d show Lion

A jackdaw picked up some beautiful feathers left by the peacocks on the ground. He stuck them into his own

An ox, grazing in a swampy meadow, chanced to set his foot among a parcel of young frogs, and crushed