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    Æsop's Fables: A Version for Young Readers
    Æsop's Fables: A Version for Young Readers
    Æsop's Fables: A Version for Young Readers
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    Æsop's Fables: A Version for Young Readers

    By Aesop and J. H. Stickney

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    This version of the famous fables is intended for use by teachers in primary schools. The language has been simplified and, in some cases, the stories shortened.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateNov 19, 2019
    ISBN4057664099877
    Æsop's Fables: A Version for Young Readers
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    Aesop

    Although the three hundred fables in his famous collection are attributed to Aesop, and his name is synonymous with the form, it seems unlikely he was in fact anything more than a legendary figure. While some historical accounts maintain he was a slave with a prodigious talent for story-telling who lived during the sixth century B.C., many believe it unlikely that this whole stock of fables can be attributed to one individual. What does seem clear though is that the fables began their life being orally transmitted before being put down in writing.

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      Æsop's Fables - Aesop

      Aesop, J. H. Stickney

      Æsop's Fables: A Version for Young Readers

      Published by Good Press, 2022

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4057664099877

      Table of Contents

      PREFACE

      INTRODUCTION

      THE HISTORY OF FABLE

      ÆSOP, THE FATHER OF THE FABLE

      ÆSOP’S FABLES

      THE WOLF AND THE LAMB

      THE FOX AND THE LION

      THE DOG AND HIS SHADOW

      THE CRAB AND HIS MOTHER

      THE FOX AND THE GRAPES

      THE WOLF AND THE CRANE

      THE ANTS AND THE GRASSHOPPERS

      THE FROGS WHO ASKED FOR A KING

      THE DONKEY IN THE LION’S SKIN

      THE MICE IN COUNCIL

      THE KID AND THE WOLF

      THE HAWK AND THE NIGHTINGALE

      THE CROW AND THE PITCHER

      THE ANT AND THE DOVE

      THE OX AND THE FROG

      THE BAT AND THE WEASELS

      THE FOX AND THE GOAT

      THE WOMAN AND HER HEN

      THE DOG IN THE MANGER

      THE MOUSE, THE FROG, AND THE HAWK

      THE SHEPHERD’S BOY AND THE WOLF

      THE FISHERMAN AND THE LITTLE FISH

      THE FOX AND THE CROW

      THE PARTRIDGE AND THE FOWLER

      THE THIRSTY PIGEON

      THE THREE TRADESMEN

      THE HARES AND THE FROGS

      THE EAGLE AND THE ARROW

      THE EAGLE AND THE FOX

      THE DRUM AND THE VASE OF SWEET HERBS

      THE TWO FROGS

      THE LION AND THE MOUSE

      THE MOUSE, THE CAT, AND THE COCK

      THE AX AND THE TREES

      THE JACKDAW AND THE SHEEP

      THE CAT AND THE COCK

      THE WOLF AND THE GOAT

      THE HEN AND THE SWALLOW

      STONE BROTH

      THE MULE AND THE GRASSHOPPERS

      THE GNAT AND THE BULL

      A FOX AND A CRAB

      THE DONKEY AND THE FROGS

      THE NURSE AND THE WOLF

      THE CAT AND THE MARTINS

      THE COCK AND THE FOX

      THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER

      THE FOX AND THE STORK

      THE DOG, THE COCK, AND THE FOX

      THE FLY AND THE MOTH

      THE BOY BATHING

      THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE

      THE ARAB AND HIS CAMEL

      THE FOX WHO HAD LOST HIS TAIL

      THE BOYS AND THE FROGS

      THE SWALLOW AND THE OTHER BIRDS

      THE FARMER AND THE SNAKE

      THE RAVEN AND THE SWAN

      THE BIRDS, THE BEASTS, AND THE BAT

      THE MAN, HIS SON, AND HIS DONKEY

      THE COUNTRY MOUSE AND THE CITY MOUSE

      THE COCK AND THE JEWEL

      THE OLD HOUND

      THE VAIN JACKDAW

      THE DONKEY AND THE LAP DOG

      THE ONE-EYED DOE

      THE CAMEL

      THE WOLF AND THE HOUSE DOG

      THE OAK AND THE REED

      THE DOG AND THE HARE

      THE HAWK, KITE, AND PIGEONS

      THE WAR HORSE AND THE MULE

      THE WIND AND THE SUN

      THE BEAR AND THE TWO TRAVELERS

      THE TWO GOATS

      THE BULL AND THE CALF

      THE FAWN AND HIS MOTHER

      THE MULE AND HIS SHADOW

      THE BLIND MAN AND THE LAME MAN

      THE TWO POTS

      THE QUACK FROG

      THE WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING

      THE BOY AND THE FILBERTS

      THE MISER

      THE WIDOW AND HER LITTLE MAIDS

      THE CHARCOAL BURNER AND THE FULLER

      THE PORCUPINE AND THE SNAKES

      THE BUNDLE OF STICKS

      THE MISCHIEVOUS DOG

      THE DOG AND THE OYSTER

      THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD

      THE DOGS AND THE HIDES

      THE WOODMAN AND THE TREES

      THE MILKMAID AND HER PAIL OF MILK

      THE CAT AND THE FOX

      THE MONKEY AND THE CAT

      THE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERD

      THE WOLF, THE FOX, AND THE APE

      THE BLIND MAN AND THE WHELP

      THE SPENDTHRIFT AND THE SWALLOW

      THE BOAR AND THE FOX

      HERCULES AND THE WAGONER

      THE MULES AND THE ROBBERS

      THE SWALLOW AND THE CROW

      JUPITER AND THE BEE

      THE TWO TRAVELERS

      THE KID AND THE WOLF

      THE GOURD AND THE PINE

      THE HARE AND THE HOUND

      THE OWL AND THE GRASSHOPPER

      THE MULE EATING THISTLES

      THE SICK STAG

      THE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERDS

      THE BOY AND THE NETTLE

      THE HARES AND THE FOXES

      MERCURY AND THE WOODMAN

      THE RAT AND THE ELEPHANT

      THE HUSBANDMAN AND THE STORK

      THE SATYR AND THE TRAVELER

      THE STAG AT THE LAKE

      THE PEASANT AND THE APPLE TREE

      JUPITER, NEPTUNE, MINERVA, AND MOMUS

      THE FARTHING RUSHLIGHT

      THE HORSE AND THE GROOM

      THE TRUMPETER TAKEN PRISONER

      THE BOASTING TRAVELER

      THE HEDGE AND THE VINEYARD

      THE MOUSE AND THE WEASEL

      THE WOLF AND THE SHEEP

      A WIDOW AND HER SHEEP

      THE MAN AND THE LION

      THE LIONESS

      THE BOY WHO STOLE APPLES

      THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS

      THE OLD MAN AND DEATH

      A FATHER AND HIS TWO DAUGHTERS

      THE SICK LION AND THE FOX

      THE MOUNTAIN IN LABOR

      JUPITER AND THE CAMEL

      THE MOON AND HER MOTHER

      THE HORSE AND THE STAG

      THE COUNCIL HELD BY THE RATS

      THE RAIN CLOUD

      THE ELEPHANT IN FAVOR

      THE CUCKOO AND THE EAGLE

      THE FOX IN THE ICE

      THE INQUISITIVE MAN

      THE SQUIRREL IN SERVICE

      THE WOLF AND THE CAT

      APPENDIX

      THE WOLF AND THE LAMB

      THE FOX AND THE LION

      THE DOG AND HIS SHADOW

      THE CRAB AND HIS MOTHER

      THE FOX AND THE GRAPES

      THE WOLF AND THE CRANE

      THE ANTS AND THE GRASSHOPPERS

      THE FROGS WHO ASKED FOR A KING

      THE DONKEY IN THE LION’S SKIN

      THE MICE IN COUNCIL

      THE KID AND THE WOLF

      THE HAWK AND THE NIGHTINGALE

      THE CROW AND THE PITCHER

      THE ANT AND THE DOVE

      THE OX AND THE FROG

      THE BAT AND THE WEASELS

      THE FOX AND THE GOAT

      THE WOMAN AND HER HEN

      THE DOG IN THE MANGER

      THE MOUSE, THE FROG, AND THE HAWK

      THE SHEPHERD BOY AND THE WOLF

      THE FISHERMAN AND THE LITTLE FISH

      THE FOX AND THE CROW

      THE PARTRIDGE AND THE FOWLER

      THE THIRSTY PIGEON

      THE THREE TRADESMEN

      THE HARES AND THE FROGS

      THE EAGLE AND THE FOX

      ANNOUNCEMENTS

      PREFACE

      Table of Contents

      T

      THE good fortune which has attended the earlier edition of this book is a proof that there is less occasion now than formerly to plead the cause of fables for use in elementary schools. And yet their value is still too little recognized. The homely wisdom, which the fables represent so aptly, was a more common possession of intelligent people of a generation or two ago than it is at the present time. It had then a better chance of being passed on by natural tradition than is now the case among the less homogeneous parentage of our school children. And there has never been a greater need than now for the kind of seed-sowing for character that is afforded by this means. As in the troubled times in Greece in Æsop’s day, twenty-five centuries ago, moral teaching to be salutary must be largely shorn of didactic implications and veiled with wit and satire. This insures its most vital working wherever its teaching is pertinent. To be whipped, warned, shamed, or encouraged, and so corrected, over the heads of animals as they are represented in the expression of their native traits, is the least offensive way that can fall to a person’s lot. Among several hundred episodes, knowledge of which is acquired in childhood as a part of an educational routine, most conservative estimates would allow for large, substantial results in practical wit and wisdom, to be reaped as later life calls for them.

      It is well recognized by scholars, and should be taught to children, that not all the fables attributed to Æsop are of so early a date. Imitations of his genius all along the centuries have masqueraded under his name. Facts about him appear in the Introduction.

      No occasion has been found to change in this edition the style of presentation so highly approved in the original one; but, as a considerable number of the stories, especially in the earlier pages of the book, are amplified somewhat in language form to accommodate them to the needs of children unfamiliar with the animals portrayed, it has been thought wise to present these in the briefer form in which they are generally known to adult readers. These are to be found in an Appendix to the present volume. The ingenious teacher will find numerous ways in which this duplication of stories may be turned to account. Comparison of the two forms will suggest many exercises to be performed by the pupils themselves, in which the longer forms of the fables may be built up from the shorter forms, and vice versa. The teacher who is interested in dramatic work will find also that many of the fables will make excellent material for dramatic presentation in the classroom.

      THE EDITOR

      INTRODUCTION

      Table of Contents

      THE HISTORY OF FABLE

      Table of Contents

      M

      MODERN versions of Æsop go back no further than 480 A.D. In their earliest use they are related to the folklore current among all primitive peoples. This folklore had risen in Greece to the rank of literary form a thousand years before the above-mentioned revival in Germany, France, and England. As the creation of Æsop it was the answer to a need for trenchant, but veiled, characterization of men and measures in the dangerous times of the Tyrants. In mirth-provoking utterances, quite apart from personal criticism, things could be intimated

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