Fables Collection (page 5)

Fable / Horse & the Stag
THE 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 Elephant
THE 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 & Lame
The blind man who cannot see the delicious fruit carries the lame man who cannot walk to it, and both profit

Cormorant & the Fishes
THE 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 Pail
COUNTRY 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 Acorn
The fable of the atheist and the acorn

Fable / Cat and Bat
The 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

Aesop Revealing Truth
An allegory of Aesop revealing concealed truth through his fables

The Bear and the Bees
THE 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 & Feathers
THE 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 Rats
THE LEAGUE OF RATS The council held by the rats

Fable / Boy & Butterfly
A boy, smitten with the colours of a butterfly, pursues it around the garden trying to capture it

Fable / Dove and Ant
THE 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

Esops Fables Title Page
Title page of Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists in Three Books by R Dodsley including a quotation from Paradise Lost and a vignette of wingless putti

Fable / the Two Bees
Two 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 Gnat
THE 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 Bee
The 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-Dog
THE ASS AND THE LAP-DOG The ass imitates the behaviour of the little dog to try to win his masters affection

The Cat & the Fox C1870
THE CAT AND THE FOX The cat climbs the tree to escape the fox

Cat, Cock & Mouse
THE CAT, THE COCK AND THE YOUNG MOUSE together in the farmyard

Aesop / Carpenter
Of a Carpenter illustration to Caxtons 1484 edition of Aesops Fables

The Fox Shepherd
the Fox Set to Guard the Sheep

Fable / King & Shepherd
THE 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

Aesop / Fox and Cat
Of the Fox and the Cat illustration to Caxtons 1484 edition of Aesops Fables

Tortoise and Hare
The Hare and The Tortoise and The Hare and The Frogs

Aesop / Bust / Rome
AESOP Greek writer of fables as depicted by a portrait bust in the Villa Albani, Rome

Aesop
AESOP (620 - 560 BC) Greek writer of fables as depicted by an anonymous medieval woodcut artist

Aesop / Figuier / Savants
AESOP Greek writer of fables as depicted by an antique bust at the Villa Albani, Rome

Crystal Palace Satire
Some of the " Drolleries" of the Great Exhibition, making satirical references to Goethes " Reynard the Fox" etc

Boy with Aesop Animals
A little boy with animals who play a part in Aesops Fables: a cat, a bull, a fox, two geese, a donkey, an owl, a mouse, a frog and a crow

Frog Turned Physician
THE FROG TURNED PHYSICIAN The frog addresses the animals from the pond

Tortoise & Two Ducks
THE 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 World
THE 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 & Frogs
FROGS PETITION JUPITER FOR A KING: King Stork, sent to the frogs who complained they had no proper ruler, eats them all up

Fable / Fly & Coach
THE 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

Fable / the Doctors
THE DOCTORS Two doctors conferring: one hopes for the best, the other fears the worst

The Carrier Stuck Fast
THE CARRIER STUCK FAST The carter despairs when he sees the wheels of the hay wagon sunk deep into the ground

Bear & Gardener Fable
The Bear and the Gardener

Bear and the Travellers
THE 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 - Woodcutter
The fable of The Woodcutter and the Axe, from a collection published in 1485

AESOP Greek writer. Author of fables

AESOP Author of fables

The Maid & the Milk-Pail
THE MILKMAID & THE MILK A dairymaid, daydreaming about what she ll do with the money for the milk at market, drops the pail and the milk is wasted

Fable / Cat and Old Rat
The Cat And The Old Rat

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