Animal Stories CLASSIFIED CONTENTS The Squirrel that Came Back The Cat and the Crows The Bird and the Cats The Elephant and the Tailor Singing My Shadow Fables and Folk Stories The Cock and the Jewel The Old Woman and Her Pig The Country Mouse and the City NEW CENTURY READERS. THIRD BOOK. AESOP. We are not sure that such a man as Aesop ever lived. Many of the writers of long ago tell us that there was such a man and that he lived nearly three thousand years ago. He was a slave and was very ugly looking, but he had a very bright mind. His master was so much pleased with him that he set him free. He then went from place to place telling his fables; for they were not written. We do not know to-day just the words he used. We know only the fables as they have been handed down through three thousand years. He told his fables about animals,-about the lion, the wolf, the fox, the dog, the cat, and many others. Some of his best known fables are The Fox and the Grapes, The Dog in the Manger, The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, and The Frog and the Ox. |