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• 1.The Farmer and His Sons
• An old farmer called his sons to his bedside to read them his Will．Children，he said，the time has come for me to die．You will find all my treasure ...
• 2.The Ant and the Dove
• An ant once leaned too far over the edge of a fountain and fell in-to the water．A dove was watching from a tree nearby．She saw that the ant could no...
• 3.The Ant and the Grasshopper
• One cold，frosty day in the middle of winter a colony of ants was busy drying out some grains of corn which had grown damp during the wet autumn weath...
• 4.The Dog，the Cock and the Fox
• A dog and a cock having struck up acquaintances，went out on their travels together．Nightfall found them in a forest；so the cock，flying up on a tre...
• 5.The Boy and the Wolf
• A wolf once found a boy hiding behind a haystack，trembling with fright．Please don't eat me，pleaded the boy．I don't see why I shouldn't，replied th...
• 6.The Casket and the Pearl
• A man from the state of Chu wanted to sell a precious pearl in the state of Zheng．He made a casket for the pearl out of the wood from a magnolia tree...
• 7.More Threatening than Tigers
• As Confucius was passing Mountain Tai，he saw a woman weeping bitterly in front of a grave．He leaned forward to listen，resting his hand on the woode...
• 8.The Birds in the Snare
• A huntsman set a snare by a lake．Many birds were caught in it．The birds were large；they seized the snare，and flew off with it．The huntsman began ...
• 9.The Dogs and the Cook
• A cook was preparing dinner；some dogs were lying at the kitchen door．The cook killed a calf，and threw the insides into the yard．The dogs seized th...
• 10.The Monkey and the Peas
• A monkey was carrying two handfuls of peas．One little pea dropped out．He tried to pick it up，and spilt twenty．He tried to pickup the twenty，and s...