The dog and his image

THE DOG AND HIS IMAGE










One day a dog found a large piece of meat. "This is fine!"he said . I will take this meat home with me. What a good dinner I shall have"So he took the meat in his mouth and ran toward home.On the way he had to cross a deep stream. As he looked down into the water , he saw what he thought was another dog, carrying another piece of meat bigger than his own.









Being a greedy fellow, he dropped his own piece and jumped into the water to get the other dog's piece.His own sank to the bottom, and the water was so deep that he could not dive down to it.
So he got only a wetting and a mouthful of water, Then he saw that his greediness had cost him his dinner.




AEsop.

the ant and grasshopper

Esop's fable 2
THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER



Once an ant and a grasshopper lived in the same field.



The ant was a great worker. In summer she laid up food for the winter. But the grasshopper was lazy and played all day.



"why do you work so hard, friend ant? said the grasshopper one summer day. "I dance and sing and have a good time"



"If I play in summer ." said the ant, "what shall I do for food in winter?"



winter is a long way off." said the grasshopper as he went away singing.



"poor grasshopper!"said the ant."he will live and learn ."



At last winter came. the birds had all gone away, and snow covered the ground. How cold it was.



The ant had gone into her warm house, which was full of food. The cold could not harm her. But the poor grasshopper had no home and no food. He was stiff with cold, and he was very hungry, too.



so the grasshopper went to the ant's house.



Will you give me something to eat ?"he asked. "I have had nothing to eat for two days.the snow is so deep that I can find no food."



"Poor grasshopper"said the ant."In summer you sang while I was hard at work.Now you may dance for your supper. AEsop.

fable:the fox and the stork

FABLES
THE FOX AND THE STORK
One day a fox asked a stork to come and dine with him. “Thank you”, said the stork; “ I will do so with pleasure” the fox is a funny fellow ,and he wished to play a trick on the simple stork.
When the stork came, all she found on the table was some thin soup in shallow plates. She could get only a taste of the soup by dipping in the point of her long, sharp bill. The fox lapped it up quickly with his broad tongue, now and then asking the stork how she liked her dinner.
Some days after, the stork asked the fox to dine with her. Sly as he was, he did not expect to be paid back in the same coin; so he went.
When dinner was served, he was much vexed to see nothing on the table but some fine hot soup in long narrow-necked jars. This time the stork had good dinner and the fox could only lick the outside of the jar.
“Is this all you have for dinner?” asked the fox.
“Nothing more” said the stork. “I am glad to see you are so hungry. You will surely make as good a dinner at my table as I did at yours the other day”
The fox was inclined to be angry, but had to own that he had been rightly dealt with. He felt that if he did not to have a joke played upon him, he should not have played one upon the stork.
After a while, however, the generous stork poured out half the scup into a plate and gave it, to the fox.
The cunning old fox felt so ashamed of himself that he has never looked anyone straight in the face from that day to this.
BY: AEsop.

MORAL: Do to others as you would have others do to you.
He laughs best who laughs last.

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