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| The Fables are alphabetically arranged disregarding "The". The Images  and Audio 
are only accessible while reading the Fables in these sections and are noted accordingly.There are about 100 Fables in each of the first 4 sections. Note: I have added a flash mp3 player to all audio enabled fables. | |
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| Section 1 | Androcles -> The Eagle and the Arrow |
| Section 2 | The Eagle and the Jackdaw -> Jupiter Neptune Minerva and Momus |
| Section 3 | The Kid and the Wolf -> The Rich Man and the Tanner |
| Section 4 | The Rose and the Amaranth -> The Young Thief and His Mother |
| Section 5 | Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce - 245 Fables |
| Section 6 | Fables of Jean De La Fontaine - More in process of being translated |
| Selected Fables | 86 Fables selected for their ease of reading and concise moral understanding |
| Fairy Tales | Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen - 127 of them |
| Timeline | Graphic Timeline of 1000 BC - 500 BC |
| Timeline All | Java Panorama Graphic Timeline of 1000 BC - 1000 AD |
| A Kidnapped Santa Claus | A Short story by L. Frank Baum |
| The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus | A medium length story by L. Frank Baum |
| A Christmas Carol | The story of Scrooge by Charles Dickens |
| Tallys: | Fables - 640 | Fontaine Fables - 21 |
| Images - 134 | Real Audio - 36 | Stories - 3 |
| Fairy Tales - 127 | . | . |
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse A COUNTRY MOUSE invited a Town Mouse, an intimate friend, to pay him a visit and partake of his country fare. As they were on the bare plowlands, eating there wheat-stocks and roots pulled up from the hedgerow, the Town Mouse said to his friend, "You live here the life of the ants, while in my house is the horn of plenty. I am surrounded by every luxury, and if you will come with me, as I wish you would, you shall have an ample share of my dainties." The Country Mouse was easily persuaded, and returned to town with his friend. On his arrival, the Town Mouse placed before him bread, barley, beans, dried figs, honey, raisins, and, last of all, brought a dainty piece of cheese from a basket. The Country Mouse, being much delighted at the sight of such good cheer, expressed his satisfaction in warm terms and lamented his own hard fate. Just as they were beginning to eat, someone opened the door, and they both ran off squeaking, as fast as they could, to a hole so narrow that two could only find room in it by squeezing. They had scarcely begun their repast again when someone else entered to take something out of a cupboard, whereupon the two Mice, more frightened than before, ran away and hid themselves. At last the Country Mouse, almost famished, said to his friend: "Although you have prepared for me so dainty a feast, I must leave you to enjoy it by yourself. It is surrounded by too many dangers to please me. I prefer my bare plowlands and roots from the hedgerow, where I can live in safety, and without fear." |
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For more information about the fables and this site click Here.
For information on what a fable is and what makes it different from a tale or parable see
Selected Preface in Section 1. Be sure to see the full preface and the 'Life of Aesop' in
section 1. See also Aesop at Wikipedia,
Fable at Wikipedia.
A Bookmark for this page would be a good idea as this site changes daily with new additions. Better yet, make us your Start page and get a daily dose of wisdom and inspiration.
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