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The Old Woman and the Wine-Jar
2023-12-05You must know that sometimes old women like a glass of wine.One of this sort once found a Wine-jar lying in the road, andeagerly went up to it hoping ...
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The Old Woman and the Physician
2023-12-05AN OLD WOMAN having lost the use of her eyes, called in aPhysician to heal them, and made this bargain with him in thepresence of witnesses: that if h...
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The Oak and the Woodcutters
2023-12-05THE WOODCUTTER cut down a Mountain Oak and split it in pieces,making wedges of its own branches for dividing the trunk. TheOak said with a sigh, “I do...
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The Oak and the Reeds
2023-12-05A VERY LARGE OAK was uprooted by the wind and thrown across astream. It fell among some Reeds, which it thus addressed: "Iwonder how you, who are...
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The Nurse and the Wolf
2023-12-05"Be quiet now," said an old Nurse to a child sitting on herlap. "If you make that noise again I will throw you to the Wolf." Now i...
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The Mules and the Robbers
2023-12-05TWO MULES well-laden with packs were trudging along. One carriedpanniers filled with money, the other sacks weighted with grain. The Mule carrying the...
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The Mule
2023-12-05A MULE, frolicsome from lack of work and from too much corn,galloped about in a very extravagant manner, and said to himself:"My father surely wa...
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The Mother and the Wolf
2023-12-05A FAMISHED WOLF was prowling about in the morning in search offood. As he passed the door of a cottage built in the forest, heheard a Mother say to he...
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The Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk
2023-12-05A MOUSE who always lived on the land, by an unlucky chance formedan intimate acquaintance with a Frog, who lived for the most partin the water. The Fr...
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The Mouse and the Bull
2023-12-05A BULL was bitten by a Mouse and, angered by the wound, tried tocapture him. But the Mouse reached his hole in safety. Thoughthe Bull dug into the wal...