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    Aesop's Favorite Fables: More Than 130 Classic Fables for Children!
    Aesop's Favorite Fables: More Than 130 Classic Fables for Children!
    Aesop's Favorite Fables: More Than 130 Classic Fables for Children!
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    Aesop's Favorite Fables: More Than 130 Classic Fables for Children!

    By Milo Winter

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    Racehorse Publishing’s Children’s Classic Collections is a new series that offers readers timeless compilations of children’s literature. Handsomely packaged and affordable, this new series aims to revitalize these enchanting works and continue the tradition of sharing them with the next generation.

    Passed down for thousands of years, Aesop’s Fables is a collection of moral stories by the famed storyteller from ancient Greece. Reprinted and translated thousands of times over the past two millennia, this collection represents some of the most widely known and famous children’s literature. Many of these fables bestow human traits upon animal characters and place them in human situations to highlight desirable and less desirable traits. Their intent, through the telling of these tales, is to teach readers important moral lessons such as Self-help is the best help” or Do not attempt too much all at once.”

    Accompanied by beautiful color illustrations by renowned illustrator Milo Winter, this premiere collection of Aesop’s Favorite Fables is sure to ignite young imaginations and educate readers about virtue, kindness, integrity, problem-solving, happiness, and what it means to be human.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRacehorse
    Release dateMar 21, 2017
    ISBN9781944686178
    Aesop's Favorite Fables: More Than 130 Classic Fables for Children!

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      Aesop's Favorite Fables - Milo Winter

      First published in 1919 by Checkerboard Press, Inc.

      First Racehorse for Young Readers Edition 2017

      All rights to any and all materials in copyright owned by the publisher are strictly reserved by the publisher.

      Racehorse for Young Readers books may be purchased in bulk at special discounts for sales promotion, corporate gifts, fund-raising, or educational purposes. Special editions can also be created to specifications. For details, contact the Special Sales Department, Skyhorse Publishing, 307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10018 or info@skyhorsepublishing.com.

      Racehorse for Young Readers™ is a pending trademark of Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.®, a Delaware corporation.

      Visit our website at www.skyhorsepublishing.com.

      10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on file.

      Print ISBN: 978-1-944686-08-6

      Ebook ISBN: 978-1-944686-17-8

      Cover and interior artwork by Milo Winter

      Printed in China

      A LIST OF THE FABLES

      The Wolf and the Kid

      The Tortoise and the Ducks

      The Young Crab and His Mother

      The Frogs and the Ox

      The Dog, the Cock, and the Fox

      Belling the Cat

      The Eagle and the Jackdaw

      The Boy and the Filberts

      Hercules and the Wagoner

      The Kid and the Wolf

      The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

      The Fox and the Grapes

      The Bundle of Sticks

      The Wolf and the Crane

      The Ass and His Driver

      The Oxen and the Wheels

      The Lion and the Mouse

      The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf

      The Gnat and the Bull

      The Plane Tree

      The Farmer and the Stork

      The Sheep and the Pig

      The Travelers and the Purse

      The Lion and the Ass

      The Frogs Who Wished for a King

      The Owl and the Grasshopper

      The Wolf and His Shadow

      The Oak and the Reeds

      The Rat and the Elephant

      The Boys and the Frogs

      The Crow and the Pitcher

      The Ants and the Grasshopper

      The Ass Carrying the Image

      A Raven and a Swan

      The Two Goats

      The Ass and the Load of Salt

      The Lion and the Gnat

      The Leap at Rhodes

      The Cock and the Jewel

      The Monkey and the Camel

      The Wild Boar and the Fox

      The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion

      The Birds, the Beasts, and the Bat

      The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox

      The Wolf and the Lamb

      The Wolf and the Sheep

      The Hares and the Frogs

      The Fox and the Stork

      The Travelers and the Sea

      The Wolf and the Lion

      The Stag and His Reflection

      The Peacock

      The Mice and the Weasels

      The Wolf and the Lean Dog

      The Fox and the Lion

      The Lion and the Ass

      The Dog and His Master’s Dinner

      The Vain Jackdaw and his Borrowed Feathers

      The Monkey and the Dolphin

      The Wolf and the Ass

      The Monkey and the Cat

      The Dogs and the Fox

      The Dogs and the Hides

      The Rabbit, the Weasel, and the Cat

      The Bear and the Bees

      The Fox and the Leopard

      The Heron

      The Cock and the Fox

      The Dog in the Manger

      The Wolf and the Goat

      The Ass and the Grasshoppers

      The Mule

      The Fox and the Goat

      The Cat, the Cock, and the Young Mouse

      The Wolf and the Shepherd

      The Peacock and the Crane

      The Farmer and the Cranes

      The Farmer and His Sons

      The Two Pots

      The Goose and the Golden Egg

      The Fighting Bulls and the Frog

      The Mouse and the Weasel

      The Farmer and the Snake

      The Goatherd and the Wild Goats

      The Spendthrift and the Swallow

      The Cat and the Birds

      The Dog and the Oyster

      The Astrologer

      Three Bullocks and a Lion

      Mercury and the Woodman

      The Frog and the Mouse

      The Fox and the Crab

      The Serpent and the Eagle

      The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

      The Bull and the Goat

      The Eagle and the Beetle

      The Old Lion and the Fox

      The Man and the Lion

      The Ass and the Lap Dog

      The Milkmaid and Her Pail

      The Wolf and the Shepherd

      The Goatherd and the Goat

      The Miser

      The Wolf and the House Dog

      The Fox and the Hedgehog

      The Bat and the Weasels

      The Quack Toad

      The Fox Without a Tail

      The Mischievous Dog

      The Rose and the Butterfly

      The Cat and the Fox

      The Boy and the Nettles

      The Old Lion

      The Fox and the Pheasants

      Two Travelers and a Bear

      The Porcupine and the Snakes

      The Fox and the Monkey

      The Mother and the Wolf

      The Flies and the Honey

      The Eagle and the Kite

      The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf

      The Animals and the Plague

      The Shepherd and the Lion

      The Dog and His Reflection

      The Hare and the Tortoise

      The Bees and Wasps, and the Hornet

      The Lark and Her Young Ones

      The Cat and the Old Rat

      The Fox and the Crow

      The Ass and His Shadow

      The Miller, His Son, and the Ass

      The Ant and the Dove

      The Man and the Satyr

      The Wolf, the Kid, and the Goat

      The Swallow and the Crow

      Jupiter and the Monkey

      The Lion, the Ass, and the Fox

      The Lion’s Share

      The Mole and his Mother

      The North Wind and the Sun

      The Hare and His Ears

      The Wolves and the Sheep

      The Fox and the Cock

      The Ass in the Lion’s Skin

      The Fisherman and the Little Fish

      The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle

      ÆSOP’S FAVORITE FABLES

      THE WOLF AND THE KID

      There was once a little Kid whose growing horns made him think he was a grown-up Billy Goat and able to take care of himself. So one evening when the flock started home from the pasture and his mother called, the Kid paid no heed and kept right on nibbling the tender grass. A little later when he lifted his head, the flock was gone.

      He was all alone. The sun was sinking. Long shadows came creeping over the ground. A chilly little wind came creeping with them making scary noises in the grass. The Kid shivered as he thought of the terrible Wolf. Then he started wildly over the field, bleating for his mother. But not half-way, near a clump of trees, there was the Wolf!

      The Kid knew there was little hope for him.

      Please, Mr. Wolf, he said trembling, I know you are going to eat me. But first please pipe me a tune, for I want to dance and be merry as long as I can.

      The Wolf liked the idea of a little music before eating, so he struck up a merry tune and the Kid leaped and frisked gaily.

      Meanwhile, the flock was moving slowly homeward. In the still evening air the Wolf’s piping carried far. The Shepherd Dogs pricked up their ears. They recognized the song the Wolf sings before a feast, and in a moment they were racing back to the pasture. The Wolf’s song ended suddenly, and as he ran, with the Dogs at his heels, he called himself a fool for turning piper to please a Kid, when he should have stuck to his butcher’s trade.

      Do not let anything turn you from your purpose.

      THE WOLF AND THE KID

      THE TORTOISE AND THE DUCKS

      The Tortoise, you know, carries his house on his back. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot leave home. They say that Jupiter punished him so, because he was such a lazy stay-at-home that he would not go to Jupiter’s wedding, even when especially invited.

      After many years, Tortoise began to wish he had gone to that wedding. When he saw how gaily the birds flew about and how the Hare and the Chipmunk and all the other animals ran nimbly by, always eager to see everything there was to be seen, the Tortoise felt very sad and discontented. He wanted to see the world too, and there he was with a house on his back and little short legs that could hardly drag him along.

      One day he met a pair of Ducks and told them all his trouble.

      We can help you to see the world, said the Ducks. "Take hold of this stick with your teeth and we will carry you far up in the air where you can

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