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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 Thief and the Innkeeper A THIEF hired a room in a tavern and stayed a while in the hope of stealing something which should enable him to pay his reckoning. When he had waited some days in vain, he saw the Innkeeper dressed in a new and handsome coat and sitting before his door. The Thief sat down beside him and talked with him. As the conversation began to flag, the Thief yawned terribly and at the same time howled like a wolf. The Innkeeper said, "Why do you howl so fearfully?' "I will tell you," said the Thief, "but first let me ask you to hold my clothes, or I shall tear them to pieces. I know not, sir, when I got this habit of yawning, nor whether these attacks of howling were inflicted on me as a judgment for my crimes, or for any other cause; but this I do know, that when I yawn for the third time, I actually turn into a wolf and attack men." With this speech he commenced a second fit of yawning and again howled like a wolf, as he had at first. The Innkeeper. hearing his tale and believing what he said, became greatly alarmed and, rising from his seat, attempted to run away. The Thief laid hold of his coat and entreated him to stop, saying, "Pray wait, sir, and hold my clothes, or I shall tear them to pieces in my fury, when I turn into a wolf." At the same moment he yawned the third time and set up a terrible howl. The Innkeeper, frightened lest he should be attacked, left his new coat in the Thief's hand and ran as fast as he could into the inn for safety. The Thief made off with the coat and did not return again to the inn. Every tale is not to be believed. |
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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.
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