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The Gamecocks and the Partridge
2023-11-24A MAN had two Gamecocks in his poultry-yard. One day by chancehe found a tame Partridge for sale. He purchased it and broughtit home to be reared with...
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The Geese and the Cranes
2023-11-24THE GEESE and the Cranes were feeding in the same meadow, when abirdcatcher came to ensnare them in his nets. The Cranes, beinglight of wing, fled awa...
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The Gnat and the Bull
2023-11-24A GNAT settled on the horn of a Bull, and sat there a long time. Just as he was about to fly off, he made a buzzing noise, andinquired of the Bull if ...
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The Gnat and the Lion
2023-11-24A GNAT came and said to a Lion, "I do not in the least fear you,nor are you stronger than I am. For in what does your strengthconsist? You can sc...
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The Goat and the Goatherd
2023-11-24A GOATHERD had sought to bring back a stray goat to his flock. He whistled and sounded his horn in vain; the straggler paid noattention to the summons...
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The Goatherd and the Wild Goats
2023-11-24A GOATHERD, driving his flock from their pasture at eventide,found some Wild Goats mingled among them, and shut them uptogether with his own for the n...
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The Goat and the Ass
2023-11-24A MAN once kept a Goat and an Ass. The Goat, envying the Ass onaccount of his greater abundance of food, said, "How shamefullyyou are treated: at...
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The Goods and the Ills
2023-11-24ALL 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...
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The Goose With the Golden Eggs
2023-11-24One 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 ...
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The Grasshopper and the Owl
2023-11-24AN 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 ...