The tortoise and the hare, the fox and the grapes — timeless moral tales told for thousands of years.
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Two and a half millennia old and still sharper than most things written yesterday — Aesop's Fables are the bedrock of Western storytelling.
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The Fox and the Grapes A hungry Fox saw some fine bunches of Grapes hanging from a vine that was trained along a high trellis, and did his best to reach them by jumping as high as he could into the air. But it was all in vain, for they were just out of reach…
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- Introduction by G. K. ChestertonContents
- Fables: The Fox and the GrapesFree
- Fables: Mercury and the WoodmanFree
- Fables: The Milkmaid and Her PailFree
- Fables: The Boy and the SnailsFree
- Fables: Jupiter and the MonkeyFree
- Fables: The Boy and the FilbertsFree
- Fables: The Stag at the PoolFree
- Fables: The Image-SellerFree
- Fables: The Clown and the CountrymanFree
- Fables: The Town Mouse and the Country MouseFree
- Fables: The Farmer and the ViperFree
- Fables: The Miller, His Son, and Their AssFree
- Fables: The AstronomerFree
- Fables: The Pack-Ass, the Wild Ass, and the LionFree
- Fables: The Gardener and His DogFree
- Fables: The Nightingale and the HawkFree
- Fables: The Gnat and the LionFree
- Fables: The MiserFree
- Fables: Grief and His DueFree
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