fables

Uses rebuses to retell the Aesop Fable about a young boy whose false cries for help bring him to an unfortunate end.

The mice learn that "some things are easier said than done" when they try to get rid of their great enemy the cat.

In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.

Presents five stories from Aesop's Fables and one by Rudyard Kipling, including: "The Lion and the Mouse," "The Hare and the Tortoise," "The Fox and the Crow," "The Fox and the Grapes," "The Fox and the Stork," and "How the Elephant Got His Trunk.".

A tiny mouse helps a mighty lion, who had once showed him mercy, escape from a trap.

A thirsty crow finds a way to get a drink of water from a pitcher, a task which seems impossible at first.

Retells the fable of a frustrated fox that, after many tries to reach a high bunch of grapes, decides they must be sour anyway.

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.

Presents three of Aesop's fables about mice, in which a country mouse sees what life is like in the city, a mouse shows a lion that friends can come in unlikely packages, and the mettle of a group of mice is tested in a meeting to decide how to protect themselves from the cat.

A modern fable about some peacocks and swans who allow the fear of their differences to become so great that they end up destroying each other.