Aesop

ASOP'S FABLES THE PACKASS, THE WILDASS, AND THE LION a wild ass or a pack ass jogging along under a heavy load and taunts him with the condition of slavery in which he lived in these words what a vile lot is yours compared with mine i am free as the air and never do a stroke of work and as for fodder i have only to go to the hills and there i find far more than enough for my needs but you you depend on your master for food and he makes you carry heavy loads every day and beats you unmercifully at that moment a lion appeared on the scene and made no attempt to molest the pack-ass owing to the presence of the driver but he fell upon the wild ass who had no one to protect him and without more ado made a meal of him It is no use being your own master, unless you can stand up for yourself.

Aesop's Fables.

The End.

Ants were once men and made their living by tilling the soil.

so that the Theban, who was no match for him in talking, cried at last in some disgust, All right, have your way.

I only hope that, when our heroes are angry with us, Athens may suffer from the anger of Hercules, and Thebes only from that of Theseus.

End of The Athenian and the Theban from Aesop's Fables

Hungarian.

What else can we say about how they lived? Well just as we have pets in our homes today, so did the Romans.

What kinds of domestic animals were kept back then, and how do we say their names in Latin? Gaius Iulius Paedrus was a Roman writer who translated a collection of Aesop's fables into Latin.

These stories are very cute and also educational, and one of Paedrus' purposes in writing these fables was to teach simple morals.

From these stories, which frequently featured animals, we can discern the names of many of the common domestic animals, as well as some English words that are derivatives of these names.

So tonight, we have a little story for our younger listeners and for their parents or grandparents tucking their little ones into bed.

Tonight's tale is The Lion and the Mouse, a public domain fable attributed to Aesop, retold especially for the quiet shore.

It's a story about kindness, an unlikely friendship, and how even the tiniest creature can make a big difference.

So, everybody get comfy, listen to the waves in the background, let the day fade away, and enjoy our tale.

The hare said, Oh, how I have longed for this day, When the weak take their place without fear By the side of the strong.

End of THE KINGDOM OF THE LION Aesop's Fables The Ass and His Driver An ass was being driven down a mountain road, and after jogging along for a while, sensibly enough, he suddenly quitted the track and rushed to the edge of a precipice.

He was just about to leap over the edge when his driver caught hold of his tail and did his best to pull him back.

But pull as he might, he couldn't get the ass to budge from the brink.

When he reached the spot, however, he found she was nowhere to be seen, and he had to go without his dinner.

"'It serves me right,' he said.

"'I should have been content with what I had got, instead of hankering after a better prize.'" Aesop's Fables Aesop's Fables the wolves and the dogs once upon a time the wolves said to the dogs why should we continue to be enemies any longer you are very like us in most ways the main difference between us is one of training only We live a life of freedom, but you are enslaved to mankind, who beat you and put heavy collars round your necks, and compel you to keep watch over their flocks and herds for them, and, to crown all, they give you nothing but bones to eat.

Don't put up with it any longer, but hand over the flocks to us, and we will all live on the fat of the land and feast together.