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A FATHER had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelingamong themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by hisexhortations, he determined...

A MAN had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and theother to a tile-maker. After a time he went to the daughter whohad married the gardener...

A FARMER placed nets on his newly-sown plowlands and caught anumber of Cranes, which came to pick up his seed. With them hetrapped a Stork that had fr...

ONE WINTER a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold. Hehad compassion on it, and taking it up, placed it in his bosom. The Snake was quickly ...

A FARMER, who bore a grudge against a Fox for robbing his poultryyard, caught him at last, and being determined to take an amplerevenge, tied some rop...

SOME CRANES made their feeding grounds on some plowlands newlysown with wheat. For a long time the Farmer, brandishing anempty sling, chased them away...

A HOUND started a Hare from his lair, but after a long run, gaveup the chase. A goat-herd seeing him stop, mocked him, saying"The little one is t...

AN OWL, accustomed to feed at night and to sleep during the day,was greatly disturbed by the noise of a Grasshopper and earnestlybesought her to stop ...

One day a countryman going to the nest of his Goose foundthere an egg all yellow and glittering. When he took it up it wasas heavy as lead and he was ...

ALL the Goods were once driven out by the Ills from that commonshare which they each had in the affairs of mankind; for the Illsby reason of their num...