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The Hermit and the Mouse
(Reading Support Foundation: Greenlife Printing, 2018)
The heavy presence of magic seems to me to move this story out of the realm of fable. A hermit saves a mouse by letting him hide in his beard. The mouse later shows up pursued by a cat, and the hermit magically turns the ...
The Vulture and the Puffin
(Reading Support Foundation: Greenlife Printing, 2018)
This fable is told faithfully to the tradition. The lonely vulture takes the eager puffin as her mate when he promises to bring her a big dog. What he actually brings the next day is a little mouse. She complains, and ...
The Sagacity Fox
(Reading Support Foundation: Greenlife Printing, 2018)
This fable is told faithfully to the tradition: the donkey divides the hare meat into three equal piles and invites the lion to choose first. When the angry lion kills the donkey, the fox divides differently. Unfortunately ...
The Lion and the Wild-Buffalo
(Reading Support Foundation: Greenlife Printing, 2018)
This fable is told in keeping with the tradition. The two fierce animals arrive at the same time at a pond. They start to fight over who can drink first until they are both exhausted. When they notice a vulture watching ...
The Eagle and the Fox
(Reading Support Foundation: Greenlife Printing, 2018)
This fable is told faithfully to the tradition of Perry #1. The beginning text wisely identifies the two mothers as neighbors, not friends. The only change is that the fox with her cubs lives in a cave nearby, not in the ...
Three Wishes
(Reading Support Foundation: Greenlife Printing, 2018)
I would not call this traditional tale a fable, especially because of its reliance on magic. A man is about to cut down a tree when the tree asks to be spared, promising the man three wishes. He comes home and complains ...
The Hares and the Frogs
(Reading Support Foundation: Greenlife Printing, 2018)
This is the traditional fable of frightened hares being surprised that they frighten frogs. In this version, there is no mention of suicide, only of fright-induced flight. The stated moral is "There is always someone ...
The Dog in the Manger
(Reading Support Foundation: Greenlife Printing, 2018)
DM is told here in traditional fashion. This dog even bites one of the cows on the nose – and the artist has him wear a bandage in the next image. The fable here, in unusual fashion, describes what people mean by calling ...
The Leopard and the Stork
(Reading Support Foundation: Greenlife Printing, 2018)
This is the traditional FS fable. The key line that is turned against the culprit leopard is "Come on, I will help you eat it." The stated moral is "If you treat somebody badly, they will treat you badly the same way you ...
The Tick and the Lion
(Reading Support Foundation: Greenlife Printing, 2018)
This story is a variation of "The Lion and the Mosquito." This version starts with the boasting of a proud tick. He carries it out by maddening a lion and then exulting publicly. This version loosens the connection ...