La Fontaine, Jean de

A delightful re-telling of the favorite fable about a race between an over-confident hare and a placid tortoise.

The miller who tries to please everyone eventually decides he should have made up his own mind in the first place.

A bag of gold given to a poor but cheerful shoemaker by a rich man causes the cobbler so much worry that he returns it.

Another famous fable is retold in text and picture; this time it illustrates how the sun and the north wind vied to make a traveller remove his coat.