’S Illustrated by ARTHUR RACKHAM ÆSOP’S FABLES ÆSOP’S FABLES

A NEW TRANSLATION BYV-S-VERNON-JONES WITH-AN-INTRODUCTION BY-G-K-CHESTERTON AND-ILLUSTRATIONS BYARTHUR-RACKHAM

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FIRST PUBLISHED 1912 THIS EDITION 1967 REPRINTED 1969

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NO. 68- 1 1 4 9 4 FIRST AMERICAN PUBLICATION 19 6 8 BY FRANKLIN WATTS, INC.

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PRINTED AND BOUND IN GREAT BRITAIN BY BOOKPRINT LIMITED, CRAWLEY, SUSSEX CONTENTS PAGE 1 THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGGS 2 THE CAT AND THE MICE 3 THE MISCHIEVOUS DOG 3 THE CHARCOAL-BURNER AND THE FULLER 4 THE MICE IN COUNCIL 4 THE BAT AND THE WEASELS 5 THE DOG AND THE SOW 5 THE FOX AND THE CROW 6 THE HORSE AND THE GROOM 6 9 THE PEACOCK AND THE CRANE 9 THE CAT AND THE BIRDS 10 THE SPENDTHRIFT AND THE SWALLOW 10 THE OLD WOMAN AND THE DOCTOR 13 THE MOON AND HER MOTHER 14 MERCURY AND THE WOODMAN 14 THE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LION 15 THE LION AND THE MOUSE 16 xiii n u r, 17 THE BOYS AND THE FROGS 17 THE NORTH WIND AND THE SUN 18 THE MISTRESS AND HER SERVANTS 18 THE GOODS AND THE ILLS 21 THE HARES AND THE FROGS 22 23 THE WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING 24 THE STAG IN THE OX-STALL 24 THE MILKMAID AND HER PAIL 25 THE DOLPHINS, THE WHALES, AND THE SPRAT 26 THE FOX AND THE MONKEY 26 THE ASS AND THE LAP-DOG 27 THE FIR-TREE AND THE BRAMBLE 28 THE FROGS’ COMPLAINT AGAINST THE SUN 29 THE DOG, THE COCK, AND THE FOX 29 THE GNAT AND THE BULL 30 THE BEAR AND THE TRAVELLERS 30 THE SLAVE AND THE LION 31 THE FLEA AND THE MAN 32 THE BEE AND JUPITER 35 THE OAK AND THE REEDS 36 THE BLIND MAN AND THE CUB 36

XIV PAGE THE BOY AND THE SNAILS 39 THE APES AND THE TWO TRAVELLERS 39 THE ASS AND HIS BURDENS 40 THE SHEPHERD’S BOY AND THE WOLF 41 THE FOX AND THE GOAT 42 THE FISHERMAN AND THE SPRAT 43 THE BOASTING TRAVELLER 43 THE CRAB AND HIS MOTHER 44 THE ASS AND HIS SHADOW 44 THE FARMER AND HIS SONS 45 THE DOG AND THE COOK 45 THE MONKEY AS KING 46 THE THIEVES AND THE COCK 47 THE FARMER AND FORTUNE 48 JUPITER AND THE MONKEY 48 FATHER AND SONS 49 THE LAMP 49 THE OWL AND THE BIRDS 50 THE ASS IN THE LION’S SKIN 53 THE SHE-GOATS AND THEIR BEARDS 54 THE OLD LION 54 THE BOY BATHING 55 THE QUACK FROG 56 xv PACE THE SWOLLEN FOX 56 THE MOUSE, THE FROG, AND THE HAWK 57 THE BOY AND THE NETTLES 57 THE PEASANT AND THE APPLE-TREE 58 THE JACKDAW AND THE PIGEONS 58 JUPITER AND THE TORTOISE 59 60 THE TWO BAGS 60 THE OXEN AND THE AXLETREES 61 THE BOY AND THE FILBERTS 61 THE FROGS ASKING FOR A KING 62 THE OLIVE-TREE AND THE FIG-TREE 65 THE LION AND THE BOAR 65 THE WALNUT-TREE 66 66 THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE 67 THE KID ON THE HOUSETOP 67 THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL 68 THE VAIN JACKDAW 68 THE TRAVELLER AND HIS DOG 69 THE SHIPWRECKED MAN AND THE SEA 70 THE WILD BOAR AND THE FOX 70 MERCURY AND THE SCULPTOR 71 xvi PAGE THE FAWN AND HIS MOTHER 71 72 THE EAGLE AND HIS CAPTOR 73 THE BLACKSMITH AND HIS DOG 73 THE STAG AT THE POOL 74 THE DOG AND THE SHADOW 75 MERCURY AND THE TRADESMEN 76 THE MICE AND THE WEASELS 76 THE PEACOCK AND JUNO 77 THE BEAR AND THE FOX 78 THE ASS AND THE OLD PEASANT 78 THE OX AND THE FROG 81 THE MAN AND THE IMAGE 82 HERCULES AND THE WAGGONER 82 THE POMEGRANATE, THE APPLE-TREE, AND THE BRAMBLE 83 THE LION, THE BEAR, AND THE FOX 83 THE BLACKAMOOR 84 THE TWO SOLDIERS AND THE ROBBER 84 THE LION AND THE WILD ASS 85 THE MAN AND THE SATYR 86 THE IMAGE-SELLER 88 THE EAGLE AND THE ARROW 88 xvii inwn.jwrn,wm«m«i«imm«itaiwM»innfimiwi.»HMHnrinnnffniMWiiwnM«HlMiwl

PAGE THE RICH MAN AND THE TANNER 89 THE WOLF, THE MOTHER, AND HER CHILD 89 THE OLD WOMAN AND THE WINE-JAR 90 THE LIONESS AND THE VIXEN 91 THE VIPER AND THE FILE 9! THE CAT AND THE COCK 92 THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE 92 THE SOLDIER AND HIS HORSE 95 THE OXEN AND THE BUTCHERS 96 THE WOLF AND THE LION 96 THE SHEEP, THE WOLF, AND THE STAG 97 THE LION AND THE THREE BULLS 98 THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER 98 THE GOAT AND THE VINE 99 100 THE OLD HOUND 100 THE CLOWN AND THE COUNTRYMAN 101 THE LARK AND THE FARMER 102 THE LION AND THE ASS 103 THE PROPHET 103 THE HOUND AND THE HARE 104 THE LION, THE MOUSE, AND THE FOX 105 THE TRUMPETER TAKEN PRISONER 105 xvili PAGE 106 THE EAGLE, THE CAT, AND THE WILD SOW 106 THE WOLF AND THE SHEEP 109 THE TUNNY-FISH AND THE DOLPHIN 110 THE THREE TRADESMEN 110 THE MOUSE AND THE BULL 111 THE HARE AND THE HOUND 111 THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE 112 THE LION AND THE BULL 113 THE WOLF, THE FOX, AND THE APE 114 THE EAGLE AND THE COCKS 114 THE ESCAPED JACKDAW 117 THE FARMER AND THE FOX 117 VENUS AND THE CAT 118 THE CROW AND THE SWAN 118 THE STAG WITH ONE EYE 119 THE FLY AND THE DRAUGHT-MULE 119 120 THE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERD 120 THE FARMER AND THE STORK 123 THE CHARGER AND THE MILLER 123 THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE OWL 124 THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANTS 125 xix PAGE THE FARMER AND THE VIPER 126 THE TWO FROGS 126 THE COBBLER TURNED DOCTOR 127 THE ASS, THE COCK, AND THE LION 127 THE BELLY AND THE MEMBERS 128 THE BALD MAN AND THE FLY 129 THE ASS AND THE WOLF 130 THE MONKEY AND THE CAMEL 131 THE SICK MAN AND THE DOCTOR 131 THE TRAVELLERS AND THE PLANE-TREE 132 THE FLEA AND THE OX 133 THE BIRDS, THE BEASTS, AND THE BAT 133 THE MAN AND HIS TWO SWEETHEARTS 134 THE EAGLE, THE JACKDAW, AND THE SHEPHERD 134 THE WOLF AND THE BOY 135 THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR ASS 136 THE STAG AND THE VINE 138 THE LAMB CHASED BY A WOLF 139 THE ARCHER AND THE LION 139 THE WOLF AND THE GOAT 140 THE SICK STAG 140 THE ASS AND THE MULE 143 BROTHER AND SISTER 143 xx PAGE THE HEIFER AND THE OX 144 THE KINGDOM OF THE LION 145 THE ASS AND HIS DRIVER 146 THE LION AND THE HARE 146 THE WOLVES AND THE DOGS 147 THE BULL AND THE CALF 147 THE TREES AND THE AXE 148 THE ASTRONOMER 148 THE LABOURER AND THE SNAKE 149 THE CAGE-BIRD AND THE BAT 149 THE ASS AND HIS PURCHASER 150 THE KID AND THE WOLF 151 THE DEBTOR AND HIS SOW 152 THE BALD HUNTSMAN 153 THE HERDSMAN AND THE LOST BULL 153 THE MULE 154 THE HOUND AND THE FOX 155 THE FATHER AND HIS DAUGHTERS 155 THE THIEF AND THE INNKEEPER 156 THE PACK-ASS AND THE WILD ASS 157 158 THE PACK-ASS, THE WILD ASS, AND THE LION 158 THE ANT 159 xxi PAGE THE FROGS AND THE WELL 160 THE CRAB AND THE FOX 160 THE FOX AND THE GRASSHOPPER 163 THE FARMER, HIS BOY, AND THE ROOKS 163 THE ASS AND THE DOG 164 THE ASS CARRYING THE IMAGE 165 THE ATHENIAN AND THE THEBAN 165 THE GOATHERD AND THE GOAT 166 THE SHEEP AND THE DOG 169 THE SHEPHERD AND THE WOLF 169 THE LION, JUPITER, AND THE ELEPHANT 170 THE PIG AND THE SHEEP 171 THE GARDENER AND HIS DOG 171 THE RIVERS AND THE SEA 172 THE LION IN LOVE 172 THE BEE-KEEPER 173 THE WOLF AND THE HORSE 174 THE BAT, THE BRAMBLE, AND THE SEAGULL 174 177 THE WASP AND THE SNAKE 178 THE EAGLE AND THE BEETLE 178 THE FOWLER AND THE LARK 179 THE FISHERMAN PIPING 180

XXII PAGE THE WEASEL AND THE MAN 180 THE PLOUGHMAN, THE ASS, AND THE OX 183 DEMADES AND HIS 183 THE MONKEY AND THE DOLPHIN 184 THE CROW AND THE SNAKE 187 THE DOGS AND THE FOX 187 THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE HAWK 187 THE ROSE AND THE AMARANTH 188 THE MAN, THE HORSE, THE OX, AND THE DOG 188 THE WOLVES, THE SHEEP, AND THE RAM 189 THE SWAN 190 THE SNAKE AND JUPITER 190 THE WOLF AND HIS SHADOW 191 THE PLOUGHMAN AND THE WOLF 192 MERCURY AND THE MAN BITTEN BY AN ANT 192 THE WILY LION 193 THE PARROT AND THE CAT 193 THE STAG AND THE LION 194 THE IMPOSTOR 194 THE DOGS AND THE HIDES 195 THE LION, THE FOX, AND THE ASS 196 THE FOWLER, THE PARTRIDGE, AND THE COCK 197 THE GNAT AND THE LION 198

XXlll PAGF THE FARMER AND HIS DOGS 199 THE EAGLE AND THE FOX 199 THE BUTCHER AND HIS CUSTOMERS 200 HERCULES AND MINERVA 201 THE FOX WHO SERVED A LION 202 THE QUACK DOCTOR 202 THE LION, THE WOLF, AND THE FOX 203 HERCULES AND PLUTUS 204 THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD 205 THE FOX AND THE HEDGEHOG 205 THE CROW AND THE RAVEN 206 THE WITCH 207 207 THE MISER 208 THE FOXES A\ND THE RIVER 208 THE HORSE AND THE STAG 211 THE FOX AND THE BRAMBLE 2I2 THE FOX AND THE SNAKE 2I2 THE LION, THE FOX, AND THE STAG 212 THE MAN WHO LOST HIS SPADE 214 THE PARTRIDGE AND THE FOWLER 215 THE RUNAWAY SLAVE 215 THE HUNTER AND THE WOODMAN 216 xxiv PAGE THE SERPENT AND THE EAGLE 216 THE ROGUE AND THE ORACLE 217 THE HORSE AND THE ASS 218 THE DOG CHASING A WOLF 219 GRIEF AND HIS DUE 219 THE HAWK, THE KITE, AND THE PIGEONS 220 THE WOMAN AND THE FARMER 220 PROMETHEUS AND THE MAKING OF MAN 221 THE SWALLOW AND THE CROW 221 THE HUNTER AND THE HORSEMAN 222 THE GOATHERD AND THE WILD GOATS 222 THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE SWALLOW 223 THE TRAVELLER AND FORTUNE 224

XXV LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

IN COLOUR Facing page

T he H are and t h e T ortoise Frontispiece T he M oon and her M other 8 T he F ir-tree and the Bramble 9 T he Crab and his M other 24 T he Quack Frog 25 T he S hipwrecked M an and t h e S ea 72 T he T wo Pots 88 Venus and the Cat 89 T he T ravellers and the P lane-tree 136 T he T rees and the Axe 137 T he Lion, Jupiter, and the Elephant 152 T he G nat and the L ion 153

IN BLACK AND WHITE PAGE T he Fox and the G rapes 1 T he Fox and the Crow 7 T he Cat and the Birds 11 T he Crow and the P itcher 17 T he N orth W ind and the Sun 19 xxvii m m m m —- ...... rn n -...m

PACE T he Fox and the Stork 23 T he G nat and the Bull 30 T he Flea and the M an 33 T he Oak and the Reeds 37 T he T hieves and the Cock 47 T he Owl and the Birds 5 1 T he Ass in the Lion’s Skin 53 T he Boy Bathing 55 T he D og in the M anger 60 T he Frogs Asking for a K ing 62 K ing Log 63 T he Fox without a T ail 68 T he Fox and the Lion 72 T he D og and the S hadow 75 T he Bear and the Fox 79 T he Ox and the Frog 81 T he Man and the Satyr 86, 87 T he Old Woman and the W ine-iar 90 T he Cat and the Cock 93 T he S heep, the Wolf, and the Stag 97 T he Goat and the Vine 99 T he Hound and the Hare 104 T he Wolf and the Crane 107 T he T own M ouse and the Country M ouse 112 T he Wolf, the Fox, and the Ape 115 T he Cock and the Jewel 121

XXVlll PAGE T he Grasshopper and the Ants 125 T he Bald M an and the F ly 129 T he M onkey and the Camel 131 T he M iller, his Son, and their Ass 136-138 T he W olf and the G oat 141 T he K ingdom of the Lion 145 T he Kid and the W olf 151 T he M ule 154 T he Frogs and the Well 161 T he G oatherd and the G oat 167 T he W olf and the H orse 175 T he F isherman Piping 181 T he M onkey and the D olphin 185 T he W olf and his S hadow 191 T he Lion, the Fox, and the Ass 196 T he G nat and the L ion 198 T he Fox AND THE LEOPARD 205 T he M iser 209 T he H unter and the W oodman 216 T he H orse and the Ass 218

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