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The Bald Knight
2023-11-24A BALD KNIGHT, who wore a wig, went out to hunt. A sudden puffof wind blew off his hat and wig, at which a loud laugh rangforth from his companions. H...
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Avaricious and Envious
2023-11-24Two neighbours came before Jupiter and prayed him to granttheir hearts' desire. Now the one was full of avarice, and theother eaten up with envy. ...
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The Astronomer
2023-11-24AN ASTRONOMER used to go out at night to observe the stars. Oneevening, as he wandered through the suburbs with his wholeattention fixed on the sky, h...
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The Ass's Brains
2023-11-24The Lion and the Fox went hunting together. The Lion, on theadvice of the Fox, sent a message to the Ass, proposing to make analliance between their t...
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The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion
2023-11-24THE ASS and the Fox, having entered into partnership together fortheir mutual protection, went out into the forest to hunt. Theyhad not proceeded far ...
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The Ass, the Cock, and the Lion
2023-11-24AN ASS and a Cock were in a straw-yard together when a Lion,desperate from hunger, approached the spot. He was about tospring upon the Ass, when the C...
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The Ass in the Lion's Skin
2023-11-24An Ass once found a Lion's skin which the hunters had left outin the sun to dry. He put it on and went towards his nativevillage. All fled at his ...
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The Crab and the Fox
2023-11-24A CRAB, forsaking the seashore, chose a neighboring green meadowas its feeding ground. A Fox came across him, and being veryhungry ate him up. Just as...
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The Crab and Its Mother
2023-11-24A CRAB said to her son, "Why do you walk so one-sided, my child?It is far more becoming to go straight forward." The young Crabreplied: &quo...
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The Cock and the Pearl
2023-11-24A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among thehens when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw."Ho! ho!" quoth h...