_Improvidence._ The fable of the Ant and the Grasshopper; also the fable entitled One Swallow does not make Summer, and the fable of the Man who Killed the Goose that laid the Golden Eggs. _Ingratitude._ The fable of the snake which bit the countryman who had warmed it in his breast. _Cowardice._ The fable of the Stag and the Fawn, and of the Hares in the Storm. _Vanity._ The fables of the Peacock and the Crane, and of the Crow who lost his Cheese by listening to the flattery of the fox. _Contemptuous Self-confidence._ The Hare and the Tortoise. _The Evil Influence of Bad Company._ The Husbandman and the Stork. _Cruelty to Animals._ The Fowler and the Ringdove; the Hawk and the Pigeons. _Greediness._ The Dog and the Shadow. _Lying._ The fable of the boy who cried "Wolf!" _Bragging._ The fable of the Ass in the Lion's Skin. _Deceit._ The fable of the Fox without a Tail. _Disingenuousness._ The fable of the Sour Grapes. _A Discontented Spirit._ The fable of the Peacock's Complaint. _Equal Graces are not given to all._ The fable of the Ass who leaped into his Master's Lap. _Borrowed Plumes._ The fable of the Jackdaw and the Peacocks, mentioned above. _Malice._ The fable of the Dog in the Manger, who would not eat, neither let others eat. _Breaking Faith._ The fable of the Traveler and the Bear. _To Fan Animosity is even Worse than to Quarrel._ The fable of the Trumpeter. The value of these fables, as has been said, consists in the reaction which they call forth in the minds of the pupils. Sometimes this reaction finds expression in the fable itself; sometimes the particular vice is merely depicted in its nakedness, and it becomes the business of the teacher distinctly to evoke the feeling of disapprobation, and to have it expressly stated in words. The words tend to fix the feeling. Often, when a child has committed some fault, it is useful to refer by name to the fable that fits it. As, when a boy has made room in his seat for another, and the other crowds him out, the mere mention of the fable of the Porcupine is a telling rebuke; or the fable of the Hawk and the Pigeons may be called to mind when a boy has been guilty of mean excuses. On the same principle that angry children are sometimes taken before a mirror to show them how ugly they look. The fable is a kind of mirror for the vices of the young.