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• 1.The Lioness and the Vixen
• A lioness and a vixen（雌狐，泼妇） were talking together about their young, as mothers will, and saying how healthy and well-grown they were, and wha...
• 2.The viper and the file
• A viper entered a carpenter's shop, and went from one to another of the tools, begging for something to eat. Among the rest, he addressed himself to t...
• 3.The cat and the cock
• A cat pounced on（猛扑向） a cock, and cast about for（寻找） some good excuse for making a meal off him, for cats don't as a rule to eat cocks, and s...
• 4.The soldier and his horse
• A soldier gave his horse a plentiful supply of oats（燕麦） in time of war, and tended him with the utmost care, for he wished him to be strong to end...
• 5.The Goat and The Vine
• A goat was straying in a vineyard, and began to browse on the tender shoots of a vine which bore several fine bunches of grapes. What have I done to y...
• 6.The Lark and the Farmer
• A lark nested in a field of corn, and was rearing her brood（一窝） under cover of the ripening grain. One day, before the young were fully fledged（羽...
• 7.The Hound and the Hare
• A young hound started a hare, and, when he caught her up, would at one moment snap at her with his teeth as though he were about to kill her, while at...
• 8.The Tunny-Fish and the Dolphin
• A tunny-fish was chased by a dolphin and splashed through the water at a great rate, but the dolphin gradually gained upon him, and was just about to ...
• 9.The Wolf,the Fox and the Ape
• A wolf charged a Fox with theft, which he denied, and the case was brought before an ape to be tried. When he had heard the evidence on both sides, th...
• 10.The Eagle and the Cocks
• There were two cocks in the same farmyard, and they fought to decide who should be master. When the fight was over, the beaten one went and hid himsel...