The Project Gutenberg E-text of Fifty Famous Fables

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Author

McMurry, Lida B. (Lida Brown), 1853-1942

Title

Fifty Famous Fables

Credits

Produced by Robert Rowe, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines.

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Fables

Category

Text

eBook-No.

4324

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4324

Release Date

August 1, 2003

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.FIFTY FAMOUS FABLES
2. 2.BY LIDA BROWN McMURRY — PRIMARY CRITIC TEACHER STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, DE KALB, ILLINOIS — PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS — DESIRABILITY OF SELF-CONTROL — 1. THE TORTOISE AND THE DUCKS — RESULTS OF A MEAN JOKE — 2. THE MOUSE AND THE FROG 3. THE BOYS AND THE FROGS 4. THE SHEPHERD BOY AND THE WOLF — FOLLY OF QUARRELING — 5. THE TWO GOATS 6. THE STRIKE OF THE MILL FEEDERS 7. THE FARMER AND HIS SONS 8. THE FOUR OXEN AND THE LION — DEEDS BETTER THAN WORDS — 9. THE HUNTER AND THE FARMER 10. THE FOX IN THE WELL 11. THE MICE IN COUNCIL — FOLLY OF PRIDE — 12. THE FOX AND THE CROW 13. THE VAIN CROW 14. THE HORSE AND THE LOADED DONKEY 15. THE LEAVES AND THE ROOTS 16. THE BULL AND THE GNAT — WISDOM OF HEEDING GOOD ADVICE — 17. THE FARMER AND HIS THREE SONS 18. THE YOUNG FOX 19. VISIT OF THE MOUSE TO THE COUNTRY 20. THE TWO DOVES — BASENESS OF DECEIT — 21. THE HORSE AND THE WOLF 22. THE BIRDS, THE BEASTS, AND THE BAT 23. THE BEES, THE DRONES, AND THE WASP 24. THE WOODMAN AND HIS AXE 25. THE FOX WITH HIS TAIL CUT OFF 26. THE BLACKBIRD AND THE DOVE — RESULTS OF GREEDINESS — 27. THE GREEDY DOG 28. THE GOOSE THAT LAID GOLD EGGS — DESIRABILITY OF CONTENTMENT — 29. THE DONKEY AND HIS MASTERS 30. THE COBBLER AND THE RICH MAN — VALUE OF THINKING FOR ONESELF — 31. THE ICE KING 32. THE WOLF, THE GOAT, AND THE KID 33. THE WISE GOAT 34. THE SHEPHERD AND THE DOGS 35. THE BOY AND THE NUTS 36. THE CROW AND THE PITCHER 37. THE GROCER AND HIS DONKEY 38. THE THREE FISH — WISDOM OF SELF-RELIANCE — 39. THE WAGONER 40. THE LARK AND THE FARMER — KINDNESS AND ITS RESULTS — 41. THE LION AND THE MOUSE 42. THE ANT AND THE DOVE 43. THE HAPPY FAMILY 44. THE TYRANT WHO BECAME A JUST RULER — MISCELLANEOUS — WISDOM OF PERSEVERANCE — 45. THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE — FOLLY OF TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYBODY — 46. THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR DONKEY — APPEARANCES SOMETIMES DECEITFUL — 47. THE PUG DOG AND HIS SHADOW — PUNISHMENT OF TREACHERY — 48. THE PARTRIDGE IN THE NET — GENTLENESS BETTER THAN HARSHNESS — 49. THE NORTH WIND AND THE SUN — MEANNESS OF SELFISHNESS — 50. THE CAMEL AND HIS MASTER — FIFTY FAMOUS FABLES — THE TORTOISE AND THE DUCKS — THE MOUSE AND THE FROG — THE BOYS AND THE FROGS — THE SHEPHERD BOY AND THE WOLF — THE TWO GOATS — THE STRIKE OF THE MILL FEEDERS — THE FARMER AND HIS SONS — THE FOUR OXEN AND THE LION — THE HUNTER AND THE FARMER — THE FOX IN THE WELL — THE MICE IN COUNCIL — THE FOX AND THE CROW — THE VAIN CROW — THE HORSE AND THE LOADED DONKEY — THE LEAVES AND THE ROOTS — THE BULL AND THE GNAT — THE FARMER AND HIS THREE SONS — THE YOUNG FOX — VISIT OF THE MOUSE TO THE COUNTRY — THE TWO DOVES — THE HORSE AND THE WOLF — THE BIRDS, THE BEASTS, AND THE BAT — THE BEES, THE DRONES, AND THE WASP — THE WOODMAN AND HIS AX — THE FOX WITH HIS TAIL CUT OFF — THE BLACKBIRD AND THE DOVE — THE GREEDY DOG — THE GOOSE THAT LAID GOLD EGGS — THE DONKEY AND HIS MASTERS — THE COBBLER AND THE RICH MAN — THE ICE KING — THE WOLF, THE GOAT, AND THE KID — THE WISE GOAT — THE SHEPHERD AND THE DOGS — THE BOY AND THE NUTS — THE CROW AND THE PITCHER — THE GROCER AND HIS DONKEY — THE THREE FISH — THE WAGONER — THE LARK AND THE FARMER — THE LION AND THE MOUSE — THE ANT AND THE DOVE — THE HAPPY FAMILY — THE TYRANT WHO BECAME A JUST RULER — THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE — THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR DONKEY — THE PUG DOG AND HIS SHADOW — THE PARTRIDGE IN THE NET — THE NORTH WIND AND THE SUN — THE CAMEL AND HIS MASTER

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