Books with title Best Loved Fables of Aesop

Children will be thoroughly entertained and enlightened by these 22 classic fables, each accompanied by a delightful illustration to color. Brief renditions of Aesop's most popular stories include "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse," "The Lion and the Mouse," and others, each offering a simple but valuable life lesson.

Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today. Many of the stories, such as The Fox and the Grapes (from which the idiom "sour grapes" derives), The Tortoise and the Hare, The North Wind and the Sun, The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Ant and the Grasshopper are well-known throughout the world.

Aesop, the StorytellerAESOP was born a slave (around 620 BC). His second master gave him his freedom in appreciation of his wit and intelligence.After becoming free, he travelled a great deal instructing people through his fables (stories with a moral) and at the same time learning about the world and its ways. Some of his stories like The Hare and the Tortoise, The Boy who cried ‘Wolf’, The Grasshopper and the Ant and The Fox and the Grapes are popular even today.He finally settled in Sadris, capital of Lydia at the invitation of its ruler King Croesus who was a great patron of scholars. It was Croesus however, who unwittingly caused his death. He sent Aesop to Delphi with a large amount of gold which was to be distributed among the citizens there. The citizens of Delphi were not satisfied with the amount sent. They demanded more. Aesop sent the gold back to his royal master instead. This enraged the people and they seized him and put him to death.

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: INDEX. 275 p's Fable, 97, 30, 7411, 170. Fox and Lion, 06, ill. fax and Stork (ii. 13), 46, 140, Foxnd Wolf (ill. 6). a8, 14. 153- Fox as Singer, 115-0. Freeman, Prof., 1831. French, JEsop, xx. 187, tee Machault; language used by mediaeval English Jews, 176; scholarship, i, 14. Frohner, xx. Frogs desiring King (ii. i), 6, 5 Glinka, 193. Glossary, xix. Goat and Compasses, 1761. Goethe, cf. i. 6, 8. iv. 9. Set " Reynard the Fox." Goncharof, 192. Goodman and Serpent (i. 10), 52; Indian, 81 and n, 139, 153. See Countryman. Goodman, Son and Serpent (ii. 10), 52 ; Indian, 92, 106, 37 '53- See Countryman. Goose with Golden Eggs (Av. 24), 52; Indian, 67,126,129, '53. 197". I99- Gottheil, R., xix. 157. 22i, Gow, )., xix. Fuchs, 165 and n, cf. ii. 15. Furia, 171, ign, 29/1, 79. Gabrias, xx. 18, am, 3411, ef. . a, 5, 7, 8, 10, 15, ii. 10, 16, iii. 3, iv. 6, 9, 13, 15, 17, v. 1,4, Re. 1,5,7-9, Av. 2,13. Gaii'.oz, II., 131, 135 and it. Ualfred, 178 and n. See Walter of England; cf. i. 1-20, ii. 1-20, iii. 1-17. Gatha, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 66, 67, 69, 71, 72, 73, 75, 78, 149. 213, 214. Gay, )., 197. Gellert in Midrash, 113 ; Bud- dhistic, 113, 130. Gerard, xx. 179. Gering, 1991, cf. i. 10, ii. 10, Al. 1-13. German /Esop, xx. 174, 186, 187 ; scholarship, 3, 14, 161 and n. See Stainhowel. "Gesta Romanorum," cf. . 17, ii. 10, iii. i, ao, v. 4, 13, Re. 14. Ghivizzani, xx. 187. "Gil Bias.",:/. Po. 6. Gitlbauer, 23, 25, 133. See Babrius. Gower, 184, 185, cf. Av. 17, Graesse, 216. Graetz, II., 118, 132, 133. Grasshoppers, 26n. Greek Fables, so...