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The Ass in the Lion’s Skin – Aesop’s Fables
An Ass found a Lion's skin left in the forest by a hunter. He dressed himself in it, and amused himself by hiding in...
The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion – Aesop’s Fables
The Ass and the Fox, having entered into a partnership together, went out into the forest to hunt.
They had not proceeded far, when they...
The Ass and the Horse – Aesop’s Fables
An Ass congratulated a Horse on being so ungrudging and carefully provided for, while he himself had scarcely enough to eat, nor even that...
The Ass and the Lapdog – Aesop’s Fables
A Farmer one day came to the stables to see to his beasts of burden: among them was his favourite Ass, that was always...
The Ant and the Grasshopper – Aesop’s Fables
The Ant and the Grasshopper is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 373 in the Perry Index. It goes this way:
In a field one summer's...