Ladderedition This Ladder Edition was adapted to

Published bv yohan an English vocabulary of 1,000 words. ★

AESOP’S FABLES AESOP’S FABLES

A Ladder edition at the 1,000-Word Level

Adapted by David Olivier

9 YOHAN PUBLICATIONS, INC. AESOP’S FABLES Yohan Ladder Edition / published December 1989 5th printing June 1996

Copyright © 1986 by Yohan Publications, Inc.

All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission of the publisher.

Illustrated by Mayumi Abe (cover) and Taro Borie

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Printed in Japan CONTENTS

About the Author...... v The Story of the Bat...... 1 The Two Friends and the Bear...... 7 The Fox and the Stork...... 9 The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse...... 11 The Wind and the Sun...... 17 The Little Crab and the Big Crab...... 19 The Boy Who Cried Wolf...... 21 The Ass in the Lion’s Skin...... 25 The Crow and the Snake...... 26 The Wolf and the Crane...... 29 The Sick Lion...... 31 The Committee of Mice...... 33 The Mouse and the Frog...... 38 The Frog and the Ox...... 39 The Hare and the Tortoise...... 41 The Fox Who Had Lost His Tail...... 47 The Milkmaid and Her Pail...... 50 The Thirsty Crow...... 52 The Fox and the Grapes...... 53 The Lion and the Mouse...... 57 The Farmer and the Stork...... 60

VII The Monkey and the Cheese...... 61 The Lazy Tortoise...... 64 The Ant and the Grasshopper...... 65 The Goose Who Laid Golden Eggs...... 68 The Ass, the Fox and the Lion...... 71 The Three Wishes...... 72 The Kite, the Frog and the Mouse...... 76 The Miller’s Donkey...... 77 The Fox and the Raven...... 81 Animals not illustrated in the main text...... 82 Word List...... 84

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