Vulgar words in Aesop's Fables; a new translation (Page 1)
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As the child learns A for Ass or B for Bull or C for Cow, so man has learnt here to connect the simpler and stronger creatures with the simpler and stronger truths.
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G. K. CHESTERTON CONTENTS THE FOX AND THE GRAPES THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGGS THE CAT AND THE MICE THE MISCHIEVOUS DOG THE CHARCOAL-BURNER AND THE FULLER THE MICE IN COUNCIL THE BAT AND THE WEASELS THE DOG AND THE SOW THE FOX AND THE CROW THE HORSE AND THE GROOM THE WOLF AND THE LAMB THE PEACOCK AND THE CRANE THE CAT AND THE BIRDS THE SPENDTHRIFT AND THE SWALLOW THE OLD WOMAN AND THE DOCTOR THE MOON AND HER MOTHER MERCURY AND THE WOODMAN THE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LION THE LION AND THE MOUSE THE CROW AND THE PITCHER THE BOYS AND THE FROGS THE NORTH WIND AND THE SUN THE MISTRESS AND HER SERVANTS THE GOODS AND THE ILLS THE HARES AND THE FROGS THE FOX AND THE STORK THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING THE STAG IN THE OX-STALL THE MILKMAID AND HER PAIL THE DOLPHINS, THE WHALES, AND THE SPRAT THE FOX AND THE MONKEY THE ASS AND THE LAP-DOG THE FIR-TREE AND THE BRAMBLE THE FROGS' COMPLAINT AGAINST THE SUN THE DOG, THE COCK, AND THE FOX THE GNAT AND THE BULL THE BEAR AND THE TRAVELLERS THE SLAVE AND THE LION THE FLEA AND THE MAN THE BEE AND JUPITER THE OAK AND THE REEDS THE BLIND MAN AND THE CUB THE BOY AND THE SNAILS THE APES AND THE TWO TRAVELLERS THE ASS AND HIS BURDENS THE SHEPHERD'S BOY AND THE WOLF THE FOX AND THE GOAT THE FISHERMAN AND THE SPRAT THE BOASTING TRAVELLER THE CRAB AND HIS MOTHER THE ASS AND HIS SHADOW THE FARMER AND HIS SONS THE DOG AND THE COOK THE MONKEY AS KING THE THIEVES AND THE COCK THE FARMER AND FORTUNE JUPITER AND THE MONKEY FATHER AND SONS THE_LAMP THE OWL AND THE BIRDS THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN THE SHE-GOATS AND THEIR BEARDS THE OLD LION THE BOY BATHING THE QUACK FROG THE SWOLLEN FOX THE MOUSE, THE FROG, AND THE HAWK THE BOY AND THE NETTLES THE PEASANT AND THE APPLE-TREE THE JACKDAW AND THE PIGEONS JUPITER AND THE TORTOISE THE DOG IN THE MANGER THE TWO BAGS THE OXEN AND THE AXLETREES THE BOY AND THE FILBERTS THE FROGS ASKING FOR A KING THE OLIVE-TREE AND THE FIG-TREE THE LION AND THE BOAR THE WALNUT-TREE THE MAN AND THE LION THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE THE KID ON THE HOUSETOP THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL THE VAIN JACKDAW THE TRAVELLER AND HIS DOG THE SHIPWRECKED MAN AND THE SEA THE WILD BOAR AND THE FOX MERCURY AND THE SCULPTOR THE FAWN AND HIS MOTHER THE FOX AND THE LION THE EAGLE AND HIS CAPTOR THE BLACKSMITH AND HIS DOG THE STAG AT THE POOL THE DOG AND THE SHADOW MERCURY AND THE TRADESMEN THE MICE AND THE WEASELS THE PEACOCK AND JUNO THE BEAR AND THE FOX THE ASS AND THE OLD PEASANT THE OX AND THE FROG THE MAN AND THE IMAGE HERCULES AND THE WAGGONER THE POMEGRANATE, THE APPLE-TREE, AND THE BRAMBLE THE LION, THE BEAR, AND THE FOX THE BLACKAMOOR THE TWO SOLDIERS AND THE ROBBER THE LION AND THE WILD ASS THE MAN AND THE SATYR THE IMAGE-SELLER THE EAGLE AND THE ARROW THE RICH MAN AND THE TANNER THE WOLF, THE MOTHER, AND HER CHILD THE OLD WOMAN AND THE WINE-JAR THE LIONESS AND THE VIXEN THE VIPER AND THE FILE THE CAT AND THE COCK THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE THE SOLDIER AND HIS HORSE THE OXEN AND THE BUTCHERS THE WOLF AND THE LION THE SHEEP, THE WOLF, AND THE STAG THE LION AND THE THREE BULLS THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER THE GOAT AND THE VINE THE TWO POTS THE OLD HOUND THE CLOWN AND THE COUNTRYMAN THE LARK AND THE FARMER THE LION AND THE ASS THE PROPHET THE HOUND AND THE HARE THE LION, THE MOUSE, AND THE FOX THE TRUMPETER TAKEN PRISONER THE WOLF AND THE CRANE THE EAGLE, THE CAT, AND THE WILD SOW THE WOLF AND THE SHEEP THE TUNNY-FISH AND THE DOLPHIN THE THREE TRADESMEN THE MOUSE AND THE BULL THE HARE AND THE HOUND THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE THE LION AND THE BULL THE WOLF, THE FOX, AND THE APE THE EAGLE AND THE COCKS THE ESCAPED JACKDAW THE FARMER AND THE FOX VENUS AND THE CAT THE CROW AND THE SWAN THE STAG WITH ONE EYE THE FLY AND THE DRAUGHT-MULE THE COCK AND THE JEWEL THE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERD THE FARMER AND THE STORK THE CHARGER AND THE MILLER THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE OWL THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANTS THE FARMER AND THE VIPER THE TWO FROGS THE COBBLER TURNED DOCTOR THE ASS, THE COCK, AND THE LION THE BELLY AND THE MEMBERS THE BALD MAN AND THE FLY THE ASS AND THE WOLF THE MONKEY AND THE CAMEL THE SICK MAN AND THE DOCTOR THE TRAVELLERS AND THE PLANE-TREE THE FLEA AND THE OX THE BIRDS, THE BEASTS, AND THE BAT THE MAN AND HIS TWO SWEETHEARTS THE EAGLE, THE JACKDAW, AND THE SHEPHERD THE WOLF AND THE BOY THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR ASS THE STAG AND THE VINE THE LAMB CHASED BY A WOLF THE ARCHER AND THE LION THE WOLF AND THE GOAT THE SICK STAG THE ASS AND THE MULE BROTHER AND SISTER THE HEIFER AND THE OX THE KINGDOM OF THE LION THE ASS AND HIS DRIVER THE LION AND THE HARE THE WOLVES AND THE DOGS THE BULL AND THE CALF THE TREES AND THE AXE THE ASTRONOMER THE LABOURER AND THE SNAKE THE CAGE-BIRD AND THE BAT THE ASS AND HIS PURCHASER THE KID AND THE WOLF THE DEBTOR AND HIS SOW THE BALD HUNTSMAN THE HERDSMAN AND THE LOST BULL THE MULE THE HOUND AND THE FOX THE FATHER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THE THIEF AND THE INNKEEPER THE PACK-ASS AND THE WILD ASS THE ASS AND HIS MASTERS THE PACK-ASS, THE WILD ASS, AND THE LION THE ANT THE FROGS AND THE WELL THE CRAB AND THE FOX THE FOX AND THE GRASSHOPPER THE FARMER, HIS BOY, AND THE ROOKS THE ASS AND THE DOG THE ASS CARRYING THE IMAGE THE ATHENIAN AND THE THEBAN THE GOATHERD AND THE GOAT THE SHEEP AND THE DOG THE SHEPHERD AND THE WOLF THE LION, JUPITER, AND THE ELEPHANT THE PIG AND THE SHEEP THE GARDENER AND HIS DOG THE RIVERS AND THE SEA THE LION IN LOVE THE BEE-KEEPER THE WOLF AND THE HORSE THE BAT, THE BRAMBLE, AND THE SEAGULL THE DOG AND THE WOLF THE WASP AND THE SNAKE THE EAGLE AND THE BEETLE THE FOWLER AND THE LARK THE FISHERMAN PIPING THE WEASEL AND THE MAN THE PLOUGHMAN, THE ASS, AND THE OX DEMADES AND HIS FABLE THE MONKEY AND THE DOLPHIN THE CROW AND THE SNAKE THE DOGS AND THE FOX THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE HAWK THE ROSE AND THE AMARANTH THE MAN, THE HORSE, THE OX, AND THE DOG THE WOLVES, THE SHEEP, AND THE RAM THE SWAN THE SNAKE AND JUPITER THE WOLF AND HIS SHADOW THE PLOUGHMAN AND THE WOLF MERCURY AND THE MAN BITTEN BY AN ANT THE WILY LION THE PARROT AND THE CAT THE STAG AND THE LION THE IMPOSTOR THE DOGS AND THE HIDES THE LION, THE FOX, AND THE ASS THE FOWLER, THE PARTRIDGE, AND THE COCK THE GNAT AND THE LION THE FARMER AND HIS DOGS THE EAGLE AND THE FOX THE BUTCHER AND HIS CUSTOMERS HERCULES AND MINERVA THE FOX WHO SERVED A LION THE QUACK DOCTOR THE LION, THE WOLF, AND THE FOX HERCULES AND PLUTUS THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD THE FOX AND THE HEDGEHOG THE CROW AND THE RAVEN THE WITCH THE OLD MAN AND DEATH THE_MISER THE FOXES AND THE RIVER THE HORSE AND THE STAG THE FOX AND THE BRAMBLE THE FOX AND THE SNAKE THE LION, THE FOX, AND THE STAG THE MAN WHO LOST HIS SPADE THE PARTRIDGE AND THE FOWLER THE RUNAWAY SLAVE THE HUNTER AND THE WOODMAN THE SERPENT AND THE EAGLE THE ROGUE AND THE ORACLE THE HORSE AND THE ASS THE DOG CHASING A WOLF GRIEF AND HIS DUE THE HAWK, THE KITE, AND THE PIGEONS THE WOMAN AND THE FARMER PROMETHEUS AND THE MAKING OF MAN THE SWALLOW AND THE CROW THE HUNTER AND THE HORSEMAN THE GOATHERD AND THE WILD GOATS THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE SWALLOW THE TRAVELLER AND FORTUNE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE THE MOON AND HER MOTHER THE FIR-TREE AND THE BRAMBLE THE CRAB AND HIS MOTHER THE QUACK FROG THE SHIPWRECKED MAN AND THE SEA THE BLACKAMOOR THE TWO POTS VENUS AND THE CAT THE TRAVELLERS AND THE PLANE-TREE THE TREES AND THE AXE THE LION, JUPITER, AND THE ELEPHANT THE GNAT AND THE LION IN BLACK AND WHITE THE FOX AND THE GRAPES THE FOX AND THE CROW THE CAT AND THE BIRDS THE CROW AND THE PITCHER THE NORTH WIND AND THE SUN THE FOX AND THE STORK THE GNAT AND THE BULL THE FLEA AND THE MAN THE OAK AND THE REEDS THE THIEVES AND THE COCK THE OWL AND THE BIRDS THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN THE BOY BATHING THE DOG IN THE MANGER THE FROGS ASKING FOR A KING KING LOG THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL THE FOX AND THE LION THE DOG AND THE SHADOW THE BEAR AND THE FOX THE OX AND THE FROG THE MAN AND THE SATYR THE OLD WOMAN AND THE WINE-JAR THE CAT AND THE COCK THE SHEEP, THE WOLF, AND THE STAG THE GOAT AND THE VINE THE HOUND AND THE HARE THE WOLF AND THE CRANE THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE THE WOLF, THE FOX, AND THE APE THE COCK AND THE JEWEL THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANTS THE BALD MAN AND THE FLY THE MONKEY AND THE CAMEL THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR ASS THE WOLF AND THE GOAT THE KINGDOM OF THE LION THE KID AND THE WOLF THE MULE THE FROGS AND THE WELL THE GOATHERD AND THE GOAT THE WOLF AND THE HORSE THE FISHERMAN PIPING THE MONKEY AND THE DOLPHIN THE WOLF AND HIS SHADOW THE LION, THE FOX, AND THE ASS THE GNAT AND THE LION THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD THE MISER THE HUNTER AND THE WOODMAN THE HORSE AND THE ASS AESOP'S FABLES THE FOX AND THE GRAPES A hungry Fox saw some fine bunches of Grapes hanging from a vine that was trained along a high trellis, and did his best to reach them by jumping as high as he could into the air.
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THE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LION An Ass and a Fox went into partnership and sallied out to forage for food together.
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Then I shall sell some of my fowls, and with the money which they will bring in I will buy myself a new gown, which I shall wear when I go to the fair; and all the young fellows will admire it, and come and make love to me, but I shall toss my head and have nothing to say to them."
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THE ASS AND THE LAP-DOG There was once a man who had an Ass and a Lap-dog.
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The Ass was housed in the stable with plenty of oats and hay to eat and was as well off as an ass could be.
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At that the servants, seeing the danger their master was in, belaboured the silly Ass with sticks and cudgels, and drove him back to his stable half dead with his beating.
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THE ASS AND HIS BURDENS A Pedlar who owned an Ass one day bought a quantity of salt, and loaded up his beast with as much as he could bear.
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THE ASS AND HIS SHADOW A certain man hired an Ass for a journey in summertime, and started out with the owner following behind to drive the beast.
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THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN An Ass found a Lion's Skin, and dressed himself up in it.
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THE LION AND THE WILD ASS A Lion and a Wild Ass went out hunting together: the latter was to run down the prey by his superior speed, and the former would then come up and despatch it.
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Thanks to hard work and bad food, you have turned me from a Horse into an ass; and you cannot in a moment turn me back again into a Horse."
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THE LION AND THE ASS A Lion and an Ass set up as partners and went a-hunting together.
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"I should think you did," said the Lion: "why, if I hadn't known you were an Ass, I should have turned and run myself."
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THE ASS, THE COCK, AND THE LION An Ass and a Cock were in a cattle-pen together.
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The Ass was mightily elated at this, and thought that, if the Lion couldn't face a Cock, he would be still less likely to stand up to an Ass: so he ran out and pursued him.
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THE ASS AND THE WOLF An Ass was feeding in a meadow, and, catching sight of his enemy the Wolf in the distance, pretended to be very lame and hobbled painfully along.
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THE ASS AND THE MULE A certain man who had an Ass and a Mule loaded them both up one day and set out upon a journey.
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THE ASS AND HIS DRIVER An Ass was being driven down a mountain road, and after jogging along for a while sensibly enough he suddenly quitted the track and rushed to the edge of a precipice.
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THE ASS AND HIS PURCHASER A Man who wanted to buy an Ass went to market, and, coming across a likely-looking beast, arranged with the owner that he should be allowed to take him home on trial to see what he was like.
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At the end of the day, exhausted by his unusual exertions, he said dejectedly to himself, "I must have been mistaken about my father; he can only have been an ass after all."
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THE PACK-ASS AND THE WILD ASS A Wild Ass, who was wandering idly about, one day came upon a Pack-Ass lying at full length in a sunny spot and thoroughly enjoying himself.
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Not long after the Wild Ass saw his acquaintance again, but this time he was carrying a heavy load, and his driver was following behind and beating him with a thick stick.
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"Ah, my friend," said the Wild Ass, "I don't envy you any more: for I see you pay dear for your comforts."
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THE ASS AND HIS MASTERS A Gardener had an Ass which had a very hard time of it, what with scanty food, heavy loads, and constant beating.
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THE PACK-ASS, THE WILD ASS, AND THE LION A Wild Ass saw a Pack-Ass jogging along under a heavy load, and taunted him with the condition of slavery in which he lived, in these words: "What a vile lot is yours compared with mine!
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At that moment a Lion appeared on the scene, and made no attempt to molest the Pack-Ass owing to the presence of the driver; but he fell upon the Wild Ass, who had no one to protect him, and without more ado made a meal of him.
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THE ASS AND THE DOG An Ass and a Dog were on their travels together, and, as they went along, they found a sealed packet lying on the ground.
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His driver, finding him so obstinate, hit him hard and long with his stick, saying the while, "Oh, you dunder-headed idiot, do you suppose it's come to this, that men pay worship to an Ass?"
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THE LION, THE FOX, AND THE ASS A Lion, a Fox, and an Ass went out hunting together.
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THE HORSE AND THE ASS A Horse, proud of his fine harness, met an Ass on the high-road.