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• 1.The Lion and the Bulls
• Three bulls fed in a field together in the greatest peace and amity．A lion had long watched them in the hope of making a prize of them，but found the...
• 2.Mother for Sale
• A native of Ying，capital of the state of Chu，sold his mother．He made entreaties for his mother to the one who bought her．My mother is old．Please ...
• 3.The Horse and the Dog
• A dog and a horse，which served the same peasant，began to discuss each other's merits，one day．How grand we are，to be sure！says Barbos．I shouldn'...
• 4.The Bundle of Sticks
• A man once had four sons who never stopped quarrelling withone another．He was always telling them how much easier life wouldbe if they worked togethe...
• 5.The Cat and the Cock
• A cat caught a cock，and took counsel with himeself how he might find a reasonable excuse for eating him．He accused him of being a nuisance to men，b...
• 6.The Thirsty Pigeon
• A pigeon severely pressed by thirst，seeing a glass of water painted upon a sign，supposed it to be real．So dashing down at it with all her might，st...
• 7.The Labourer and the Snake
• A snake，having made his hole close to the porch of a cottage，inflicted a severe bite on the cottager's infant son，of which he died，to the great gr...
• 8.The Wolf and the Crane
• A wolf was eating his supper one day when a bone stuck in his throat．Choking and coughing，he howled about the countryside asking every animal he met...
• 9.In the Eyes of the Beholder
• A man who lost his axe suspected his neighbour's son of stealing it．To him，as he observed the boy，the way the lad walked，the expression on his fac...
• 10.The Man and the Partridge
• One day，a hungry partridge came into a bird trap．She ate up the food．Then she found that she could not get out．Soon a man came．He was the owner o...