Fables quoted-- _Æsop and the Ass_, 115 _The Arrogant Mule mortified_, 75 _The Ass's Shadow_, 79 _The Beau and Butterfly_, 133 _The Bee and the Coquette_, 130 _The Bee and the Spider_, 111 _The Belly and the Members_, 69 _The Boy and the Rainbow_, 137 _The Bull and Mouth_, 141 _The Bull and the Gnat_, 57 _Confession_, 93 _The Dog and the Crocodile_, 56 _The Eagle and the Beetle_, 35, 76 _The Elephant and the Fox_, 29 _The Farmer, Horseman and Pedestrian_, 131 _The Flea and the Elephant_, 142 _The Fox and the Crow_, 31 _The Fox and the Hedgehog_, 73 _The Fox and the Stork_, 99 _The Frogs and Jupiter_, 74 _The Geese_, 121 _The Greedy and Ambitious Cat_, 81 _The Green Man_, 140 _The Horse and the Stag_, 77 _Indian Birth Story_, 141 _The Land of the Halt_, 132 _The Leaves and the Roots_, 120 _The Magpie and Stump_, 140 _The Man and his Goose_, 10 _The Man and the Lion_, 9 _The Mastiff and his Puppy_, 126 _Mercury and the Sculptor_, 57 _The Miser and Plutus_, 106 _The Miser and the Magpie_, 109 _The Nightingale, the Cuckoo, and the Ass_, 142 _The Nightingale and the Hawk_, 54, 58 _The Nightingale and the Glow-worm_, 135, 136 _The Old Woodcutter and Death_, 58 _Of Perfect Life_, 90 _The Piper turned Fisherman_, 76 _The Shepherd and the Nightingale_, 116 _The Snake and the Hedgehog_, 56 _Solomon's Ghost_, 116 _The Toad and the Ephemeron_, 110 _The Trees in Search of a King_, 71 _The Trooper and his Armour_, 113 _The Two Thrushes_, 118 _The Viper and the File_, 102 _The Wolf and the Shepherds_, 55 _The Wolves and the Sheep_, 78