fables

Retells the story of how the wolf's plan to get into the sheep pen backfires when the farmer butchers him for a lamb dinner.

Recounts the famous tale of the race between the persevering turtle and the boastful rabbit.

A farmer learns a lesson in greed when one of his geese begins to lay one--and only one--golden egg each day.

After putting on a lion disguise, a silly donkey amuses himself by frightening all of the animals in the forest, until he meets a clever fox.

The mice, tired of being afraid of the cat, gather together and try to get rid of him but find it is easier said than done.

When a thirsty crow cannot drink from a pitcher because the water level is too low, she uses her ingenuity to solve the problem.

Retells the fable about an industrious ant that busily prepares for the approaching winter while a grasshopper makes no plans for the cold weather to come.

A retelling of the consequences following the meeting of Androcles, the slave, and a wounded lion.

Retells in verse the Indian fable of the blind men discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. The illustrations depict the blind arguers as mice.

A proud rooster is tricked by a sly fox.