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The Cobbler & FinancierTHE COBBLER AND THE RICH MAN A rich financier gives a frugal cobbler a large sum of money; previously happy, the cobbler now finds he can t sleep for fear of thieves Date: circa 1870
Fable / Two GoatsTHE TWO GOATS: two goats meet on a narrow bridge over a river, each wanting to pass; as stubborn as the other, they test their strength until both fall in the water
2 Adventurers & TalismanTHE TWO ADVENTURERS AND THE TALISMAN: one knight takes up the profferred task of fording the river, lifting a stone elephant and carrying it to the mountain top
Tircis and AmaranthTIRCIS AND AMARANTH The young man Tircis speaks of love to Amaranth, but in doing so makes her realise she loves another
Fortune & the SchoolboyFORTUNE & THE SCHOOLBOY or Child or Traveller: A boy sleeps on the brink of a deep well; Fortune wakes him, not wanting the blame for the boys folly if he should fall
The Woods & the WoodmanTHE WOODS AND THE WOODCUTTER The woodman asks the forest for wood to mend the handle of his broken axe; he promises to ply his trade elsewhere but reneges when his axe is fixed
The Sick Lion & the FoxTHE SICK LION AND THE FOX The king of beasts, sick in his cave, commands that all animals must visit; he promises safety but the fox stays away knowing otherwise
Mercury & the WoodcutterMERCURY & THE WOODCUTTER A woodman who has lost his axe begs Jupiter to send it back; Mercury brings axes of gold & silver, but the honest woodman claims only his own
Oyster & its ClaimantsTHE OYSTER AND ITS CLAIMANTS: An oyster is spied by two men each claiming to have seen it first; the appointed judge swallows the oyster, handing each a shell
Fable / Eagle & MagpieTHE EAGLE AND THE MAGPIE The magpie, invited by the eagle to join him, gossips and thus offends him by indiscretion
The Lion and the GnatTHE LION AND THE GNAT A lion was dismissive of a mere gnat, but found himself tormented by the gnats numerous bites
Wolf, Mother & her ChildTHE WOLF, THE MOTHER AND HER CHILD: A hungry wolf hears a mother say her wailing infant would be thrown out if not quiet; the wolf believes this & waits, but is then captured
The Mice and the OwlTHE MICE AND THE OWL A clever owl nesting in the stump of a tree clips the mice he has caught of their feet to prevent them escaping; he can then eat them at his leisure
Fable / Horse & the StagTHE HORSE AND THE STAG A horse, who finds a stag has intruded into his domain, seeks help from a man; the man obliges, and the horse then finds he has been enslaved
Fable / Rat and ElephantTHE RAT AND THE ELEPHANT A rat claims he is as good as the elephant on whose back rides a wealthy sultan and his entourage; the sultans cat reminds him he is vulnerable
Fable / Blind Man & LameThe blind man who cannot see the delicious fruit carries the lame man who cannot walk to it, and both profit
Cormorant & the FishesTHE CORMORANT & THE FISHES The cormorant, having told the fish he would ferry them to safety in his beak, eats them at his leisure
Fable / Maid & Milk PailCOUNTRY MAID AND MILKPAIL The maid unwisely thinks of all she will do with the money for the milk at market, and neglects to watch what she is doing so spilling the milk
The Atheist & the AcornThe fable of the atheist and the acorn
Fable / Cat and BatThe cat, having made a vow never to eat another bird, decides that the bat, as a bird is unlawful prey, but as a mouse it is fair game
The Bear and the BeesTHE BEAR AND THE BEES The bear is stung by a bee and in retaliation overturns the hive whereupon hundreds of bees attack and sting him
Fable / Daw & FeathersTHE DAW WITH BORROWED FEATHERS The jackdaw imagined he could pass as an elegant peacock merely by dressing himself in their coloured plumes
The League of RatsTHE LEAGUE OF RATS The council held by the rats
Fable / Boy & ButterflyA boy, smitten with the colours of a butterfly, pursues it around the garden trying to capture it
Fable / Dove and AntTHE DOVE AND THE ANT The ant bites the hunter on the ankle when he is about to shoot the dove, so repaying the doves good deed in rescuing him from the stream
Fable / the Two BeesTwo bees, one wise and temperate, the other careless and extravagant, arrive in a garden; one makes provision against the distant winter, the other gorges itself
Fable / Bull and GnatTHE BULL AND THE GNAT A gnat settled on a bulls horn, & asked if it should go; the bull said he had not known the gnat was there & would not miss it when it was gone
Fable / Discontented BeeThe discontented bee complains to Jupiter about her wretched and anxious life, but Jupiter considers the bee ungrateful as he has provided her with all she needs for good living
The Ass and the Lap-DogTHE ASS AND THE LAP-DOG The ass imitates the behaviour of the little dog to try to win his masters affection
Fable / King & ShepherdTHE SHEPHERD AND THE KING A fable about ambition: the king thinks the shepherd wise, and makes him a judge, whereupon the shepherd loses his wisdom through vanity
AesopAESOP (620 - 560 BC) Greek writer of fables as depicted by an anonymous medieval woodcut artist
Bulgaria and GermanyBulgaria enters the war on the side of Germany; but when she is faced with reality, she finds she is a tortoise, not an eagle (cartoon based on old fable of eagle and tortoise)
Frog Turned PhysicianTHE FROG TURNED PHYSICIAN The frog addresses the animals from the pond
Tortoise & Two DucksTHE TORTOISE & TWO DUCKS A tortoise wishing to travel is flown by grasping a stick in its mouth, supported by two ducks; the foolish tortoise speaks and plummets to earth
Rat Retired from WorldTHE RAT WHO RETIRED FROM THE WORLD: A rat, tired of worldly cares, retires to live in a cheese; when fellow rats request help, he says he is unable to assist
Fable / King Stork & FrogsFROGS PETITION JUPITER FOR A KING: King Stork, sent to the frogs who complained they had no proper ruler, eats them all up
Fable / Fly & CoachTHE FLY AND THE COACH A carriage has difficulty climbing a steep slope; a fly, assuming it is important, bites the horses to spur them on, but is simply annoying
Looking at the MoonA group of amateur astronomers look through a telescope at the moon and see a face in it (illustration to the fable, An animal in the moon )
Fable / the DoctorsTHE DOCTORS Two doctors conferring: one hopes for the best, the other fears the worst
Bear & Gardener FableThe Bear and the Gardener
Bear and the TravellersTHE BEAR AND THE TWO FRIENDS One traveller asks his friend, whom he had left to his fate, what the bear had said to him: never travel with a friend who deserts you in danger
Aesop - WoodcutterThe fable of The Woodcutter and the Axe, from a collection published in 1485
Fable / Cat and Old RatThe Cat And The Old Rat