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The Fables are alphabetically arranged disregarding "The". The Images ![]() ![]() There are about 100 Fables in each of the first 4 sections. Note: I have added a flash mp3 player to all audio enabled fables. | |
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Section 1 ![]() ![]() | Androcles -> The Eagle and the Arrow |
Section 2 ![]() ![]() | The Eagle and the Jackdaw -> Jupiter Neptune Minerva and Momus |
Section 3 ![]() ![]() | The Kid and the Wolf -> The Rich Man and the Tanner |
Section 4 ![]() ![]() | The Rose and the Amaranth -> The Young Thief and His Mother |
Section 5 | Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce - 245 Fables |
Section 6 ![]() | Fables of Jean De La Fontaine - More in process of being translated |
Selected Fables ![]() ![]() | 86 Fables selected for their ease of reading and concise moral understanding |
Fairy Tales | Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen - 127 of them |
Timeline | Graphic Timeline of 1000 BC - 500 BC |
Timeline All | Java Panorama Graphic Timeline of 1000 BC - 1000 AD |
A Kidnapped Santa Claus | A Short story by L. Frank Baum |
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus | A medium length story by L. Frank Baum |
A Christmas Carol | The story of Scrooge by Charles Dickens |
Tallys: | Fables - 640 | Fontaine Fables - 21 |
Images - 134 | Real Audio - 36 | Stories - 3 |
Fairy Tales - 127 | . | . |
The Lark and Her Young Ones A LARK had made her nest in the early spring on the young green wheat. The brood had almost grown to their full strength and attained the use of their wings and the full plumage of their feathers, when the owner of the field, looking over his ripe crop, said, "The time has come when I must ask all my neighbors to help me with my harvest." One of the young Larks heard his speech and related it to his mother, inquiring of her to what place they should move for safety. "There is no occasion to move yet, my son," she replied; "the man who only sends to his friends to help him with his harvest is not really in earnest." The owner of the field came again a few days later and saw the wheat shedding the grain from excess of ripeness. He said, "I will come myself tomorrow with my laborers, and with as many reapers as I can hire, and will get in the harvest." The Lark on hearing these words said to her brood, "It is time now to be off, my little ones, for the man is in earnest this time; he no longer trusts his friends, but will reap the field himself." Self-help is the best help. |
For more information about the fables and this site click Here.
For information on what a fable is and what makes it different from a tale or parable see
Selected Preface in Section 1. Be sure to see the full preface and the 'Life of Aesop' in
section 1. See also Aesop at Wikipedia,
Fable at Wikipedia.
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Your Narrator![]() Heather |
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