THE MAN AND HIS IMAGE 20 THE ANIMALS SICK OF THE PLAGUE 22 THE UNHAPPILY MARRIED MAN 25 THE RAT RETIRED FROM THE WORLD 27 THE MAIDEN 29 THE WISHES 31 THE DAIRY-WOMAN AND THE PAIL OF MILK 34 THE PRIEST AND THE CORPSE 36 THE MAN WHO RAN AFTER FORTUNE AND THE MAN WHO WAITED FOR HER IN HIS BED 38 AN ANIMAL IN THE MOON 42 THE FORTUNE-TELLERS 44 THE COBBLER AND THE FINANCIER 47 THE POWER OF FABLE 50 THE DOG WHO CARRIED HIS MASTER'S DINNER 52 THYRSIS AND AMARANTH 54 THE RAT AND THE ELEPHANT 56 THE HOROSCOPE 57 JUPITER AND THE THUNDERBOLTS 60 EDUCATION 62 DEMOCRITUS AND THE PEOPLE OF ABDERA 64 THE ACORN AND THE PUMPKIN 67 THE SCHOOLBOY, THE PEDANT, AND THE OWNER OF A GARDEN 69 THE SCULPTOR AND THE STATUE OF JUPITER 71 THE OYSTER AND THE PLEADERS 73 THE CAT AND THE FOX 75 THE MONKEY AND THE CAT 77 THE TWO RATS, THE FOX, AND THE EGG 79 THE DOG WITH HIS EARS CROPPED 86 THE LIONESS AND THE SHE-BEAR 88 THE RABBITS 90 THE GODS WISHING TO INSTRUCT A SON OF JUPITER 93 THE LION, THE MONKEY, AND THE TWO ASSES 95 THE WOLF AND THE FOX IN THE WELL 98 THE MICE AND THE SCREECH-OWL 100 THE COMPANIONS OF ULYSSES 102 THE QUARREL BETWEEN THE DOGS AND THE CATS AND BETWEEN THE CATS AND THE MICE 106 THE WOLF AND THE FOX 109 LOVE AND FOLLY 111 THE FOREST AND THE WOODCUTTER 113 THE FOX AND THE YOUNG TURKEYS 115 THE APE 117 THE SCYTHIAN PHILOSOPHER 118 THE ELEPHANT AND JUPITER'S APE 120 THE LEAGUE OF RATS 122 THE ARBITER, THE HOSPITALLER, AND THE HERMIT 124 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE HEART OF THYRSIS LEAPT Frontispiece