08Aesop's Fables The Fox and the Grapes By Tony Payne One hot day at the end of summera fox trotted along the dusty pathto a farm, listening out for othercreatures and sniffing the air, asfoxes do. It was getting late, and after a longday the sun loo...
07Aesop's Fables The North Wind and the Sun By Kate Stonham It was a fine but very cold wintersday as the Sun shone down on thesnow-covered earth below. What a beautiful sight, it thought. And look at the little white sails ofthe ships on the blue se...
06Aesop's Fables The Gnat and the Lion By Jan Payne Far, far away in a hot land calledAfrica, lived a Gnat and a Lion. These two creatures were com-plete opposites. One was weak andone was strong. One was huge andone was tiny. One was fierce andone w...
05Aesop's Fables The bundle of sticks By Sharri McGarry Mrs Mckenzie had six strong sons. They were Peter, Paul and Patrick,Philip, Frankie and Fred. The onlytrouble was they couldnt stoparguing with each other! When Mrs Mckenzie wanted a welldug do...
04Aesop's Fables The Monkey as King By Sharri McGarry There was a huge competition inthe Indian jungle and the prizewas 'To be King of the Beasts! ' It was very exciting! To be King ofall the Beasts was a grand thing when you were King you got towear...
03Aesop's Fables The Fox and the Crow By Rob John One morning a Fox was walk-ing through the woods lookingfor something tasty to eat for hisbreakfast when his nose pickedup a scent - a scent of somethingvery interesting. He stood still andsniffed the...
02Aesop's Fables The Frogs and the Ox By Tony Payne 'Mum! Mum! Come quickly!' calledthe little frog, hopping and skippingwith excitement... 'Come and see the monster!' Hecalled. 'Its got two big spikes sticking outof its head and a funny brush thinga...
Aesop's Fables 1. THE HARE AND THETORTOISE By Rob John Look at me! said the Hare to the other animals. Just look how fast I can run. The Hare ran across a field as fast as he could. All the animals agreed that yes the Hare was very fast. The Hare ran...
A shepherd-boy, who watched a flock of sheep near a village, brought out the villagers three or four times by crying out, Wolf! Wolf! and when his neighbors came to help him, laughed at them for their pains. The Wolf, however, did truly come at last....
The Frogs, grieved at having no established Ruler, sent ambassadors to Jupiter entreating for a King. Perceiving their simplicity, he cast down a huge log into the lake. The Frogs were terrified at the splash occasioned by its fall and hid themselve...
