The Charcoal-Burner and the Fuller
The Herdsman and the Lost Bull
The Pomegranate, Apple-Tree, and Bramble
The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion
The Bear and the Two Travelers
The Piglet, the Sheep, and the Goat
The Lion, the Mouse, and the Fox
The Goatherd and the Wild Goats
The Man and His Two Sweethearts
The Old Woman and the Physician
The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle
The Widow and Her Little Maidens
The Shepherd’s Boy and the Wolf
The Father and His Two Daughters
The Swallow, the Serpent, and the Court of Justice
The Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk
The Huntsman and the Fisherman
The Old Woman and the Wine-Jar
The Hawk, the Kite, and the Pigeons
The Ass, the Cock, and the Lion
The Dolphins, the Whales, and the Sprat
The Fisherman and the Little Fish
The Birdcatcher, the Partridge, and the Cock
The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox
The Philosopher, the Ants, and Mercury
The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter
The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass
The Bull, the Lioness, and the Wild-Boar Hunter
The Stag, the Wolf, and the Sheep
The Eagle, the Cat, and the Wild Sow
The Man, the Horse, the Ox, and the Dog
The Apes and the Two Travelers
The Dog, the Cock, and the Fox
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
The Wolf, the Fox, and the Ape
The Wasps, the Partridges, and the Farmer
The Gamecocks and the Partridge
The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox
The Birds, the Beasts, and the Bat
The Spendthrift and the Swallow
Jupiter, Neptune, Minerva, and Momus
The Peasant and the Apple-Tree
The Two Soldiers and the Robber
The Trees Under the Protection of the Gods
The Buffoon and the Countryman
The King’s Son and the Painted Lion
The She-Goats and Their Beards
The Miller, His Son, and Their Ass
The Travelers and the Plane-Tree
The Lion, Jupiter, and the Elephant
The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea
A KING, whose only son was fond of martial exercises, had a dream in which he was warned that his son would be killed by a lion. Afraid the dream should prove true, he built for his son a pleasant palace and adorned its walls for his amusement with all kinds of life-sized animals, among which was the picture of a lion. When the young Prince saw this, his grief at being thus confined burst out afresh, and, standing near the lion, he said: “O you most detestable of animals! through a lying dream of my father’s, which he saw in his sleep, I am shut up on your account in this palace as if I had been a girl: what shall I now do to you?’ With these words he stretched out his hands toward a thorn-tree, meaning to cut a stick from its branches so that he might beat the lion. But one of the tree’s prickles pierced his finger and caused great pain and inflammation, so that the young Prince fell down in a fainting fit. A violent fever suddenly set in, from which he died not many days later.
We had better bear our troubles bravely than try to escape them.