Aesop's Fables for Children – Illustrated short stories with a moral ÆSOP'S ] FABLES for Children Free eBook from https://www.freekidsbooks.org Page 1 Aesop's Fables for Children – Illustrated short stories with a moral ÆSOP's FABLES for CHILDREN WITH PICTURES BY MILO WINTER FIRST PUBLISHED BY RAND MCNALLY & CO. CHICAGO This edition published by FREE KIDS BOOKS This edition of this public domain text is free for non-commercial distribution and use., CC-BY-NC. No part of this text may be reproduced for commercial use without express permission of the author. 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THE FROGS AND THE OX .................................................................................................... 14 5. THE DOG, THE COCK, AND THE FOX ................................................................................ 15 6. BELLING THE CAT ................................................................................................................ 16 7. THE EAGLE AND THE JACKDAW ...................................................................................... 17 8. THE BOY AND THE FILBERTS ............................................................................................ 17 9. HERCULES AND THE WAGONER ....................................................................................... 18 10. THE KID AND THE WOLF ................................................................................................... 19 11. THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE ........................................................ 19 12. THE FOX AND THE GRAPES .............................................................................................. 21 13. THE BUNDLE OF STICKS ................................................................................................... 21 14. THE WOLF AND THE CRANE ............................................................................................ 22 15. THE ASS AND HIS DRIVER ................................................................................................ 23 16. THE OXEN AND THE WHEELS .......................................................................................... 23 17. THE LION AND THE MOUSE .............................................................................................. 24 18. THE SHEPHERD BOY AND THE WOLF (THE BOY THAT CRIED “WOLF”) ............... 25 19. THE GNAT AND THE BULL ................................................................................................ 26 20. THE PLANE TREE ................................................................................................................. 27 21. THE FARMER AND THE STORK ........................................................................................ 27 22. THE SHEEP AND THE PIG .................................................................................................. 28 23. THE TRAVELERS AND THE PURSE .................................................................................. 29 24. THE LION AND THE ASS .................................................................................................... 29 25. THE FROGS WHO WISHED FOR A KING ......................................................................... 30 26. THE OWL AND THE GRASSHOPPER ................................................................................ 31 27. THE WOLF AND HIS SHADOW .......................................................................................... 32 28. THE OAK AND THE REEDS ................................................................................................ 33 29. THE RAT AND THE ELEPHANT ........................................................................................ 33 30. THE BOYS AND THE FROGS .............................................................................................. 34 31. THE CROW AND THE PITCHER ........................................................................................ 35 32. THE ANTS AND THE GRASSHOPPER .............................................................................. 35 33. THE ASS CARRYING THE IMAGE .................................................................................... 36 34. A RAVEN AND A SWAN ..................................................................................................... 36 35. THE TWO GOATS ................................................................................................................. 37 36. THE ASS AND THE LOAD OF SALT .................................................................................. 37 37. THE LION AND THE GNAT ................................................................................................ 38 38. THE LEAP AT RHODES ....................................................................................................... 39 39. THE COCK AND THE JEWEL ............................................................................................. 39 40. THE MONKEY AND THE CAMEL ...................................................................................... 39 41. THE WILD BOAR AND THE FOX ....................................................................................... 40 42. THE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LION ................................................................................ 41 43. THE BIRDS, THE BEASTS, AND THE BAT ....................................................................... 41 44. THE LION, THE BEAR, AND THE FOX ............................................................................. 42 45. THE WOLF AND THE LAMB .............................................................................................. 42 46. THE WOLF AND THE SHEEP .............................................................................................. 43 Free eBook from https://www.freekidsbooks.org Page 3 Aesop's Fables for Children – Illustrated short stories with a moral 47. THE HARES AND THE FROGS ........................................................................................... 44 48. THE FOX AND THE STORK ................................................................................................ 44 49. THE TRAVELLERS AND THE SEA .................................................................................... 45 50. THE WOLF AND THE LION ................................................................................................ 46 51. THE STAG AND HIS REFLECTION .................................................................................... 46 52. THE PEACOCK ...................................................................................................................... 47 53. THE MICE AND THE WEASELS ......................................................................................... 48 54. THE WOLF AND THE LEAN DOG ..................................................................................... 48 55. THE FOX AND THE LION .................................................................................................... 49 56. THE LION AND THE ASS .................................................................................................... 50 57. THE DOG AND HIS MASTER'S DINNER ........................................................................... 50 58. THE VAIN JACKDAW AND HIS BORROWED FEATHERS ............................................ 51 59. THE MONKEY AND THE DOLPHIN .................................................................................. 52 60. THE WOLF AND THE ASS .................................................................................................. 53 61. THE MONKEY AND THE CAT ............................................................................................ 54 62. THE DOGS AND THE FOX .................................................................................................. 54 63. THE DOGS AND THE HIDES .............................................................................................. 55 64. THE RABBIT, THE WEASEL, AND THE CAT .................................................................. 55 65. THE BEAR AND THE BEES ................................................................................................. 56 66. THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD ........................................................................................... 56 67. THE HERON ........................................................................................................................... 57 68. THE COCK AND THE FOX .................................................................................................. 57 69. THE DOG IN THE MANGER ...............................................................................................