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*** Important News *** Now in our 24th year, enjoy. We now have the domain names AesopFables.com, .net, .org. Please bookmark AesopFables.com, but you can get here from any of those domains. Fables, Audio and now the Search function are currently working. I will try to get the rest working soon. Our online collection of Aesop's Fables includes a total of 655+ Fables, indexed in table format, with morals listed. There are many more on the way. Most were translated into English by Rev. George Fyler Townsend (1814-1900) and Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) the rest are from Jean De La Fontaine in French and translated to English by several good internet souls. Included are Real Audio narrations, Classic Images, Random Images, Random Fables, Search Engine and much more on the way. Recently added are 127 Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Nearly as old as the Olympics, bigger than Dinosaur, older than the Titanic, more complex than Pokemon and more of them than Beanie Babies are Aesop's Fables. Every day hundreds of entire classrooms of kids from all over the world stop by to read, learn and enhance their living experience. This website is widely read by all cultures from all over the world. Next time you are using napster and downloading mp3 files, stop by here while that runs in the background. When we browse the collection, suddenly we are sated with such morals as Clumsy Jesting Is No Joke, A Man Is Known By The Company He Keeps, and Union Gives Strength. It's the place to go when you want sharp insights, gentle humor, and lessons in life. - YAHOO Come on in and enjoy the ageless and timeless wisdom of Aesop and his Fables - the truest family fun on the Internet.

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.
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	.	.

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