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Aesop
620 B.C.to
560 B.C.
TitlesFirst LinesLast LinesMoralsLife of Aesop
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The Herdsman and the Lost BullThe Bald KnightThe Dogs and the FoxThe Fox and the TurkeysThe Shepherd and the WolfThe Lion and the Three BullsThe Horse and GroomThe Fox Who Had Lost His TailThe Wolf and the CraneThe Monkey and the DolphinThe Ants and the GrasshopperThe Stag in the Ox-StallThe Geese and the CranesThe Hare Afraid Of His EarsThe Ass and His PurchaserThe Brazier and His DogThe Lion and the DolphinThe Goose with the Golden EggsThe Lion And The GnatThe Lion and the BoarThe Mice in Council
by Aesop
THE MICE summoned a council to decide how they might best devise means for obtaining notice of the approach of their great enemy the Cat. Among the many plans devised, the one that found most favor was the proposal to tie a bell to the neck of the Cat, that the Mice, being warned by the sound of the tinkling, might run away and hide themselves in their holes at his approach. But when the Mice further debated who among them should thus bell the Cat,
there was no one found to do it.
Moral:
Let those who propose be willing to perform.
Source:
Aesop's FablesCopyright 1881
Translator: unknown
WM. L. Allison, New York
Illustrator: Harrison Weir, John Tenniel, Ernest Griset, et.al.
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