Æsop's Fables: A Version for Young Readers

Name: Æsop's Fables: A Version for Young Readers
Author: Aesop

Aesop

Fables -- Juvenile literature

No occasion has been found to change in this edition the style of
presentation so highly approved in the original one; but, as a
considerable number of the stories, especially in the earlier pages
of the book, are amplified somewhat in language form to accommodate
them to the needs of children unfamiliar with the animals portrayed,
it has been thought wise to present these in the briefer form in which
they are generally known to adult readers. These are to be found in
an Appendix to the present volume. The ingenious teacher will find
numerous ways in which this duplication of stories may be turned to
account. Comparison of the two forms will suggest many exercises to
be performed by the pupils themselves, in which the longer forms of
the fables may be built up from the shorter forms, and vice versa. The
teacher who is interested in dramatic work will find also that many of
the fables will make excellent material for dramatic presentation in
the classroom.

                                                    THE EDITOR




CONTENTS


                                         PAGE
    The Wolf and the Lamb                   3
    The Fox and the Lion                    5
    The Dog and his Shadow                  6
    The Crab and his Mother                 8
    The Fox and the Grapes                  9
    The Wolf and the Crane                 11
    The Ants and the Grasshoppers          13
    The Frogs who asked for a King         15
    The Donkey in the Lion’s Skin          19
    The Mice in Council                    20
    The Kid and the Wolf                   23
    The Hawk and the Nightingale           24
    The Crow and the Pitcher               25
    The Ant and the Dove                   26
    The Ox and the Frog                    28
    The Bat and the Weasels                30
    The Fox and the Goat                   33
    The Woman and her Hen                  36
    The Dog in the Manger                  37
    The Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk      38
    The Shepherd’s Boy and the Wolf        42
    The Fisherman and the Little Fish      44
    The Fox and the Crow                   46
    The Partridge and the Fowler           48
    The Thirsty Pigeon                     49
    The Three Tradesmen                    49
    The Hares and the Frogs                50
    The Eagle and the Arrow                53
    The Eagle and the Fox                  55
    The Drum and the Vase of Sweet Herbs   57
    The Two Frogs                          58
    The Lion and the Mouse                 61
    The Mouse, the Cat, and the Cock       63
    The Ax and the Trees                   65
    The Jackdaw and the Sheep              66
    The Cat and the Cock                   67
    The Wolf and the Goat                  68
    The Hen and the Swallow                70
    Stone Broth                            71
    The Mule and the Grasshoppers          73
    The Gnat and the Bull                  74

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Æsop's Fables: A Version for Young Readers

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