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Aesop's Fables

By: George Fyler Townsend

... Aesop’s Fables translated by George Fyler Townsend is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univers... ... Aesop’s Fables translated by George Fyler Townsend is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Po... ...ectronic transmission, in any way. Aesop’s Fables translated by George Fyler Townsend , the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series,... ...MER AND THE S NAKE ONE WINTER a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold. He had compassion on it, and taking it up, placed it in his bosom. ... ...Rider A HORSE SOLDIER took the utmost pains with his charger. As long as the war lasted, he looked upon him as his fel low helper in all emergencies ... ...per in all emergencies and fed him carefully with hay and corn. But when the war was over, he only allowed him chaff to eat and made him carry heavy l... ..., and subjected the man to incessant scrubbings. The servant caught a severe cold, but he never changed his color or complexion. What’s bred in the bo... ...e Mice thought that the cause of their frequent defeats was that they had no leaders set apart from the general army to command them, and that they we... ...hey were exposed to dangers from lack of discipline. They therefore chose as leaders Mice that were most renowned for their family descent, strength, ...

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