$3.95 A eso p ’s F a b le s V

A esop’s Fables

Adapted by James A. Hall Illustrated by Christopher Bradbury

Puhlishcd by CBS Records, Inc. All rights reserved, Including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

Published simultaneously in Canada by Columbia Records of Canada, Ltd.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 7 1 - 1 9028 2

© Copyright 1972 by CBS Records

Printed in the United States of America TABLE OF CONTENTS The Gnat on the Bull’s Horn 7 The Grasshopper and the Ant 8 The Lioness and the Vixen 10 The Boy Who Cried Wolf 12 The Lion’s Share 14 10 The Cat and the Mice 18 The Goose and the Golden Eggs 20 The Eagle and the Tortoise 22 The Dog in the Manger 24 The Hungry Wolf and the Lamb 26 The Country Maid and the Milk Pail 28 30 The City Mouse and the Country Mouse 32 The Fox and the Crow 35 The Sun and the Wind 37 The Lion and the Hares 39 The Big and Little Fishes 40 The Hare and the Tortoise 41 The Miller, the Son, and the Donkey 44 The Gnat on the Bull’s Horn

It was that time of year, late in summer, when the air is often filled with gnats, swarming and making a sound like Zzzz Zzzz with their tiny wings. A very dignified bull, grazing in his pasture, tried his best to ignore the pesky gnats. But one of them suddenly alighted right on his horn. And there it sat, going Zzzz Zzzz, until at last the bull could control his annoy­ ance no longer, and he began shaking his head. “Say! What’s your trouble?” asked a tiny voice near his ear. “If I’m too heavy for you, I’ll go visit someone else, who’s not such a sissy!” And the gnat buzzed off, much annoyed. Everyone takes a large view of his own importance.