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The Farmer and the Cranes (Aesop’s fables) by Aesop

SOME CRANES made their feeding grounds on some plowlands newly sown with wheat. For a long time the Farmer, brandishing an empty sling, chased them away by the terror he inspired; but when the...

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The Man and the Lion (Aesop’s fables) by Aesop

A MAN and a Lion traveled together through the forest. They soon began to boast of their respective superiority to each other in strength and prowess. As they were disputing, they passed a statue...

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THE LITTLE BRAWL AT ALLEN (IRISH FAIRY TALES) by James Stephens

CHAPTER I “I think,” said Cairell Whiteskin, “that although judgement was given against Fionn, it was Fionn had the rights of it.” “He had eleven hundred killed,” said Cona’n amiably, “and you may call...

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The Flies and the Honey-Pot (Aesop’s fables) by Aesop

A NUMBER of Flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been overturned in a housekeeper’s room, and placing their feet in it, ate greedily. Their feet, however, became so smeared with...