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A FATHER had one son and one daughter, the former remarkable forhis good looks, the latter for her extraordinary ugliness. Whilethey were playing one ...

A RICH NOBLEMAN once opened the theaters without charge to thepeople, and gave a public notice that he would handsomely rewardany person who invented ...

A BULL, escaping from a Lion, hid in a cave which some shepherdshad recently occupied. As soon as he entered, a He-Goat left inthe cave sharply attack...

A BULL finding a lion's cub asleep gored him to death with hishorns. The Lioness came up, and bitterly lamented the death ofher whelp. A wild-boar...

An old man on the point of death summoned his sons around himto give them some parting advice. He ordered his servants tobring in a faggot of sticks, ...

A singing bird was confined in a cage which hung outside a window,and had a way of singing at night when all other birds were asleep.One night a Bat c...

WHEN MAN first saw the Camel, he was so frightened at his vastsize that he ran away. After a time, perceiving the meekness andgentleness of the beast&...

AN ARAB CAMEL-DRIVER, after completing the loading of his Camel,asked him which he would like best, to go up hill or down. Thepoor beast replied, not ...

The gods were once disputing whether it was possible for aliving being to change its nature. Jupiter said "Yes," but Venussaid "No.&quo...

A CAT fell in love with a handsome young man, and entreated Venusto change her into the form of a woman. Venus consented to herrequest and transformed...