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the lying shepherd

Aesop's Fable A certain shepherd, who was tending his sheep on a mountain, amused himself by alarming the husbandmen, shouting to them that a wolf was coming...

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The lion and the four oxen.

Aesop's Fable Four oxen, which always grazed together in a meadow, swore eternal friendship; when the lion attacked them, they defended themselves…

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the lion in love

Aesop's Fable A certain lion fell in love with a farmer's daughter and, desiring to marry her, went to his father...

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the sun and the wind

Aesop's Fable Verse version by Ruth Salles translated from Johann Gottfried Harder's narration The Sun and the…

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