Identifier: aesopsfables00aeso (find matches)
Title: Aesop's fables
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Aesop Vernon Jones, V. S. (Vernon Stanley) Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939, ill
Subjects: Fables
Publisher: London : Heinemann New York : Doubleday, Page
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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may not. 119 THE COCK AND THE JEWEL A COCK, scratching the ground for something to eat,^^ turned up a Jewel that had by chance beendropped there. Ho ! said he, a fine thing you are,no doubt, and, had your owner found you, great wouldhis joy have been. But for me ! give me a smgle gramof corn before all the jewels in the world. THE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERD A WOLF hung about near a flock of sheep for along time, but made no attempt to molest them.The Shepherd at first kept a sharp eye on him, for henaturally thought he meant mischief : but as time wentby and the Wolf showed no inclination to meddle withthe flock, he began to look upon him more as a protectorthan as an enemy : and when one day some errand tookhim to the city, he felt no uneasiness at leaving the Wolfwith the sheep. But as soon as his back was turnedthe Wolf attacked them and killed the greater number.When the Shepherd returned and saw the havoc he hadwrought, he cried, It serves me right for trusting myflock to a Wolf. 120
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THE COCK AND THE JEWEL THE FARMER AND THE STORK AFARiMER set some traps in a field which he hadlately sown with corn, in order to catch the craneswhich came to pick up the seed. When he returnedto look at his traps he found several cranes caught, andamong them a Stork, which begged to be let go, and said, You ought not to kill me : I am not a crane, but aStork, as you can easily see by my feathers, and I am themost honest and harmless of birds. But the Farmerreplied, Its nothing to me what you are: I find youamong these cranes, who rum my crops, and, like them,you shall suffer. If you choose bad companions noone will believe that you are anythingbut bad yourself. THE CHARGER AND THE MILLER A HORSE, who had been used to carry his rider^*^ into battle, felt himself growing old and chose towork in a mill instead. He now no longer found himselfstepping out proudly to the beating of the drums, butwas compelled to slave away all day grindmg the corn.Bewailing his hard lot, he said one day t

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