Aesop’s Fables: A Pop-Up Book of Classic Tales
In ancient times, when men by law
Might marry several wives,
One man had two, who were at war
In daily wrangling lives.
Tag: AESOP’S FABLES
The Thirsty Crow – AESOP’S FABLES (little by little does the trick / necessity is the mother of invention)
A crow was cursed with such a thirst
He feared that he would die.
When he beheld a pitcher filled
With water finger-high.
But this, though he might stretch and strain,
Was much too low for him to gain.
Androcles and the Lion – AESOP’S FABLES (return favors and favors will be bestowed on you / gratitude is the sign of noble souls)
A thorn had pierced a lion’s foot;
And much it roared and wailed.
Just then a slave named Androcles
Approached and saw what ailed.
With pitying skill, he dared to draw
The sliver from the lion’s paw.
The Hares and the Frogs – AESOP’S FABLES (however unfortunate we may think we are there is always someone worse off than ourselves / our own are not the only troubles)
“Alas! Alas!” exclaimed the hares,
“We live in trembling dread
Of men and foxes, wolves and bears –
We would be better dead!”
The Travelers and the Bear – AESOP’S FABLES (never trust a friend who leaves you when trouble approaches / misfortune is the test of true friendship)
Walking unarmed across a wooded waste,
Two travelers heard a bear.
One scrambled up a tree with frenzied haste;
The other could but stare,
Too old and plump to climb; then, with no sound,
Lay flat against a boulder, face to ground.