ONCE upon a time a Wolf was lapping at a spring on a hillside when, looking up, ...
The Cock and the Pearl
A COCK was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly ...
The Old Trout, the Young Trout, and the Salmon
A fisherman, in the month of May, stood angling on the bank of a river with an a...
The Two Rats
A cunning old rat discovered in his rounds a most tempting piece of cheese, whic...
The Sick Stag
A stag, whose joints had become stiff with old age, was at great pains to get to...
The Hunted Beaver
The stones of the beaver was once thought to be of use in medicine, and the anim...
Death and Cupid
Cupid, one sultry summer’s noon, tired with play and faint with heat, went into ...
The Bald Knight
A certain knight, who wore a wig to conceal his baldness, was out hunting one da...
The Cat and the Mice
A certain house was much infested by mice...
The Bundle of Sticks
An old man on the point of death summoned his sons around him to give them some ...