Transcriber’s Note: Words and phrases in italics are surrounded by underscores, _like this_; those in bold are surrounded by tildes, ~like this~. Mid-paragraph illustrations were moved to adjoin their related fable. [Illustration: The Fox and the Grapes.--Page 10. _Æsop._] ÆSOP’S FABLES IN WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE. BY MARY GODOLPHIN. _ILLUSTRATED._ NEW YORK: A. L. BURT, PUBLISHER. COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY THE CASSELL PUBLISHING CO. _All rights reserved._ CONTENTS. PAGE THE BOY AND THE WOLF 9 BOYS AND FROGS 10 THE WAR HORSE AND THE ASS 10 THE FOX AND THE GRAPES 10 THE FLY AND THE MOTH 11 THE LYNX AND THE MOLE 11 THE CHILD AND THE BROOK 12 THE MICE, THE CAT, AND THE BELL 13 THE BEAR IN THE WOOD 13 THE OLD FOX AND HER YOUNG ONE 14 THE SQUEAK OF A PIG 15 THE WOLF AND THE LAMB 15 STONE BROTH 16 THE GNAT AND THE BULL 18 THE DOVES AND THE MOUSE 18 THE COCK AND THE GEM 19 THE OAK AND THE REED 20 THE KID AND THE WOLF 20 THE BAG OF GOLD 22 THE FOX WHO HAD LOST HIS TAIL 22 THE MAN AND THE APE 24 THE MAN AND HIS LIVE STOCK 25 THE FROGS AND THE BULLS 25 THE BLUE WOLF 26 THE MAN, HIS SON, AND HIS ASS 26 THE FOX AND THE CRANE 28 THE OLD HEN AND HER YOUNG ONES 29 THE BOY AND THE HORN BOOK 30 THE ASS WITH A LOAD OF SALT 31 THE WOLF AND THE HOUSE DOG 31 THE STAG IN THE LAKE 32 THE MAN, THE FOX, AND THE BEAR 33 THE FOX AND THE CROW 34 THE BOOR AND THE STAG 34 THE CAT, THE MOUSE, AND THE COCK 35 THE PLANE TREE 36