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    Fables: classics
    Fables: classics
    Fables: classics
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    Fables: classics

    By - Aesop

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    A countryman who had lived handsomely in the world upon his honest labour and industry, was desirous his sons should do so after him; and being now upon his deathbed, My dear children, says he, I reckon myself bound to tell you, before I depart, that there is a considerable treasure hid in my vineyard; wherefore, pray be sure to dig, and search narrowly for it when I am gone. The father died, and the sons fell immediately to work upon the vineyard. They turned it up over and over, and not one penny of money was to be found there; but the profit of the next vintage expounded the riddle; for the ground being so well stirred and loosened, it produced a plentiful crop; a treasure indeed!
    LanguageEnglish
    Publisheridb
    Release dateJan 30, 2018
    ISBN9783964841193
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      Fables - - Aesop

      * An idb eBook *

      Fables

      Æsop

      ISBN 9783964841193

      Contents

      Boys and Frogs

      No pleasing every body

      The Lark and her Young

      Cock and Fox

      Fox and Grapes

      A Father and his Children

      The Fox without a Tail

      The Bear and two Friends

      Father and contentious Children

      A Dog and his Shadow

      Wolf and Crane

      Mouse and Frog

      Fox and Crow

      Lion and Mouse

      Eagle and Tortoise

      Ape and her Young

      Crow and Pitcher

      A Daw in borrowed Feathers

      Fir-Tree and Bramble

      Body and Limbs

      Oak and Willow

      Old and Young Crab

      PREFACE.

      In presenting to the little readers this book of Fables, no wish is entertained to create in them a belief that there ever was a time when beasts and birds could talk. A fable is a feigned narration, designed to convey instruction. The practice of teaching in this way is of very ancient origin, and is continued to this day. Reproof thus administered has often produced the desired effect, when open rebuke would have served only to offend or irritate. Most of these fables are attributed to Æsop, a person whose history is involved in much obscurity. We know but little more of him than that he lived in a remote period of time, and wrote many amusing and instructive fables.

      Select Fables.

      Boys and Frogs.

      A company of mischievous boys were watching at the side of a pond, and whenever

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