An ant, pressed by thirst, had gone down to a spring and, carried off by the current, was drowning. A dove, on spotting her, broke a twig off a tree and threw it into the spring; the ant climbed onto it and was saved. Meanwhile a fowler came up with his limed twigs set to catch the dove. The ant, having noticed this, bit the fowler's foot, and he, under the sting of the pain, threw down his twigs and at once made the dove fly off.
Nº 6The Eagle with Clipped Wings and the FoxA man caught an eagle, clipped its wings, and turned it loose in his poultry yard to live among the hens; the bird hung its head and would not eat,…Read the fable →
Nº 57Men and ZeusThey say the animals were fashioned first, and that God granted to one strength, to another speed, to another wings; but that man remained naked and…Read the fable →
Nº 61The Man Who Broke a StatueA man had a wooden god and, being poor, kept begging it to do him good. As he went on doing so and his poverty only increased, he grew angry, and,…Read the fable →