Fables of Aesop

A man loved gold so dearly that he sold all his possessions for a bag of gold coins bigger than a ram's head. He buried the gold in his ...

A dove in flight spied an ant struggling in the creek below, near to drowning. In pity, she lowered a blade of grass into the water so that ...

The mice who lived in a certain wood were in constant fear of the weasels, who hunted them for food. At last the mice held a council and dec...

A man and a lion happened to meet on the road, and fell into conversation. It wasn't long before they began to argue.           "An...

A hardworking fisherman had bad luck one day on the water and caught only a single, small fish. "You're barely big enough for a mou...

For weeks and weeks there had been no rain. The streams and pools had dried to dust, and all of the animals were thirsty. Two crows flying t...

A wealthy merchant bought many baskets of salt, and tied them on his donkey to carry them to market. On the way, as they crossed a shallow ...