39Aesop's Fables The Ant and the Dove By Kate Stonham It was another hot, dry day in the forest Ant had been wandering over crin-kly, dry leaves for days in search of a nice, cool drink All I need is a drop of rain falling from a leaf or a tiny pool...
38Aesop's Fables The Rat and the Elephant By Rob John A Rat was walking through the city. He was a very proud Rat who believed that he was the most frightening animal alive . Oh , yes! said the Rat to himself. Everyones scared of me. Scary Rat coming...
37Aesop's Fables The too fat Fox and the Tortoise By Nicky Grischotti A bitter wind blew the last leaves from the trees as Fox made his way across the fields in search of food. The lake had been frozen for weeks and the livestock were tucked up safe...
36Aesop's Fables Aesop's Fables Belling the Cat By Rob John The mice who lived on a farm werevery happy because the farmerscat which was supposed to huntand kill mice was old and lazy andspent most of his time sleeping inthe sunshine. Cant be bothere...
35Aesop's Fables The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse By Nicky Grischotti Town Mouse was very fond of hisown appearance. 'I shall visit my friend CountryMouse,' he announced one morn-ing, waxing his whiskers with a dabof butter and admiring his refle...
34Aesop's Fables The Eagle and the Tortoise By Kate Stonham In a tumbledown cottage deep inthe countryside lived Old Mrs Mum-bles. Every morning, she openedthe kitchen doorand threw theremains of last nights dinner ontothe grass. Three, two, onebet I...
33Aesop's Fables The Heron and the Fish By Tony Payne The heron walked like a king alongthe grassy river bank. The otter curtseyed as the heronpassed. The water vole bent his knee as theheron passed. The kingfisher bowed so low as theheron passed tha...
32Aesop's Fables The Dog and his reflection By Tony Payne When Patch was young he was agood dog. He was warm and softand had the sweetest breath, andhe licked the tip of your nose if youlet him. And because he was so good hewas allowed to stay in the...
31Aesop's Fables Androcles and the Lion By Rob John Once there was a slave calledAndrocles who belonged to a verycruel master. Androcles worked allday long in his masters fields andwas never paid a single penny. Hewas always tired and hungry andone n...
30Aesop's Fables The Dog in the manger By Sharri McGarry It had been another busy day atthe farm. Dog yawned. It was hot,hot, hot! And Dog was tired. Helooked around for somewhere tosnooze. The barn was shady andquiet. And in the barn there was a man...