“We must be very clever fellows,” said a young Pig. “We are taken out to feed every day, and a […]

A certain wood-chopper lost or broke From his axe’s eye a bit of oak. The forest must needs be somewhat

An Ingenious Man who had built a flying-machine invited a great concourse of people to see it go up. At

A Wolf left his lair one evening in fine spirits and an excellent appetite. As he ran, the setting sun

A Political Preferment, labelled with its price, was canvassing the State to find a purchaser. One day it offered itself

A Writer of Fables was passing through a lonely forest when he met a Fortune. Greatly alarmed, he tried to

A mouse happened to run into the mouth of a sleeping lion, who roused himself, caught him, and was just

“Fine feathers,” Jack thought, “make fine fowls; I’ll be envied of bats & of owls:” But the peacocks’ proud eyes

After a great expenditure of life and treasure a Daring Explorer had succeeded in reaching the North Pole, when he

“What a dull, heavy creature,” says the Hare, “is this Tortoise!” “And yet,” says the Tortoise, “I’ll run with you

A man and his son were leading their ass to market. A girl, seeing them, cried, “Why walk when you

Giant Oak, in his strength & his scorn Of the winds, by the roots was uptorn: But slim Reeds at

The Ass once dressed himself in the Lion’s skin and went about frightening all the little beasts. Now he happened

An Ox, unable to extricate himself from the mire into which he sank, was advised to make use of a

The Frogs were tired of governing themselves. They had so much freedom that it had spoiled them, and they did

One bright morning as the Fox was following his sharp nose through the wood in search of a bite to

The Swallow and the Crow had an argument one day about their plumage. Said the Swallow: “Just look at my

A hungry Wolf spied a Goat browsing at the top of a steep cliff where he could not possibly get

The Fox one day thought of a plan to amuse himself at the expense of the Stork, at whose odd

The Fir-tree looked down on the Bramble. “Poor thing, only able to scramble About on the ground.” Just then an

A hungry fox discovered some bunches of grapes hanging from a vine high up a tree, and, as he gazed,

An Inventor went to a King and was granted an audience, when the following conversation ensued: Inventor.—“May it please your

One evening, as some cattle were wending their way home, a raven rode on the horns of a bull in

Being plagued with Mosquitoes one day, Said old Fox, “pray don’t send them away, For a hungrier swarm Would work

A Cow sought a mouthful of hay; But a Dog in the manger there lay, And he snapped out “how