Aesop's Fables; a new translationAESOP'S FABLESV. S. (Vernon Stanley) Vernon Jones translationChapter navigation288 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…AESOP'S FABLESV. S. VERNON JONESINTRODUCTIONAESOP'S FABLESTHE FOX AND THE GRAPESTHE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGGSTHE CAT AND THE MICETHE MISCHIEVOUS DOGTHE CHARCOAL-BURNER AND THE FULLERTHE MICE IN COUNCILTHE BAT AND THE WEASELSTHE DOG AND THE SOWTHE FOX AND THE CROWTHE HORSE AND THE GROOMTHE WOLF AND THE LAMBTHE PEACOCK AND THE CRANETHE CAT AND THE BIRDSTHE SPENDTHRIFT AND THE SWALLOWTHE OLD WOMAN AND THE DOCTORTHE MOON AND HER MOTHERMERCURY AND THE WOODMANTHE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LIONTHE LION AND THE MOUSETHE CROW AND THE PITCHERTHE BOYS AND THE FROGSTHE NORTH WIND AND THE SUNTHE MISTRESS AND HER SERVANTSTHE GOODS AND THE ILLSTHE HARES AND THE FROGSTHE FOX AND THE STORKTHE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHINGTHE STAG IN THE OX-STALLTHE MILKMAID AND HER PAILTHE DOLPHINS, THE WHALES, AND THE SPRATTHE FOX AND THE MONKEYTHE ASS AND THE LAP-DOGTHE FIR-TREE AND THE BRAMBLETHE FROGS' COMPLAINT AGAINST THE SUNTHE DOG, THE COCK, AND THE FOXTHE GNAT AND THE BULLTHE BEAR AND THE TRAVELLERSTHE SLAVE AND THE LIONTHE FLEA AND THE MANTHE BEE AND JUPITERTHE OAK AND THE REEDSTHE BLIND MAN AND THE CUBTHE BOY AND THE SNAILSTHE APES AND THE TWO TRAVELLERSTHE ASS AND HIS BURDENSTHE SHEPHERD'S BOY AND THE WOLFTHE FOX AND THE GOATTHE FISHERMAN AND THE SPRATTHE BOASTING TRAVELLERTHE CRAB AND HIS MOTHERTHE ASS AND HIS SHADOWTHE FARMER AND HIS SONSTHE DOG AND THE COOKTHE MONKEY AS KINGTHE THIEVES AND THE COCKTHE FARMER AND FORTUNEJUPITER AND THE MONKEYFATHER AND SONSTHE LAMPTHE OWL AND THE BIRDSTHE ASS IN THE LION'S SKINTHE SHE-GOATS AND THEIR BEARDSTHE OLD LIONTHE BOY BATHINGTHE QUACK FROGTHE SWOLLEN FOXTHE MOUSE, THE FROG, AND THE HAWKTHE BOY AND THE NETTLESTHE PEASANT AND THE APPLE-TREETHE JACKDAW AND THE PIGEONSJUPITER AND THE TORTOISETHE DOG IN THE MANGERTHE TWO BAGSTHE OXEN AND THE AXLETREESTHE BOY AND THE FILBERTSTHE FROGS ASKING FOR A KINGTHE OLIVE-TREE AND THE FIG-TREETHE LION AND THE BOARTHE WALNUT-TREETHE MAN AND THE LIONTHE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLETHE KID ON THE HOUSETOPTHE FOX WITHOUT A TAILTHE VAIN JACKDAWTHE TRAVELLER AND HIS DOGTHE SHIPWRECKED MAN AND THE SEATHE WILD BOAR AND THE FOXMERCURY AND THE SCULPTORTHE FAWN AND HIS MOTHERTHE FOX AND THE LIONTHE EAGLE AND HIS CAPTORTHE BLACKSMITH AND HIS DOGTHE STAG AT THE POOLTHE DOG AND THE SHADOWMERCURY AND THE TRADESMENTHE MICE AND THE WEASELSTHE PEACOCK AND JUNOTHE BEAR AND THE FOXTHE ASS AND THE OLD PEASANTTHE OX AND THE FROGTHE MAN AND THE IMAGEHERCULES AND THE WAGGONERTHE POMEGRANATE, THE APPLE-TREE, AND THE BRAMBLETHE LION, THE BEAR, AND THE FOXTHE BLACKAMOORTHE TWO SOLDIERS AND THE ROBBERTHE LION AND THE WILD ASSTHE MAN AND THE SATYRTHE IMAGE-SELLERTHE EAGLE AND THE ARROWTHE RICH MAN AND THE TANNERTHE WOLF, THE MOTHER, AND HER CHILDTHE OLD WOMAN AND THE WINE-JARTHE LIONESS AND THE VIXENTHE VIPER AND THE FILETHE CAT AND THE COCKTHE HARE AND THE TORTOISETHE SOLDIER AND HIS HORSETHE OXEN AND THE BUTCHERSTHE WOLF AND THE LIONTHE SHEEP, THE WOLF, AND THE STAGTHE LION AND THE THREE BULLSTHE HORSE AND HIS RIDERTHE GOAT AND THE VINETHE TWO POTSTHE OLD HOUNDTHE CLOWN AND THE COUNTRYMANTHE LARK AND THE FARMERTHE LION AND THE ASSTHE PROPHETTHE HOUND AND THE HARETHE LION, THE MOUSE, AND THE FOXTHE TRUMPETER TAKEN PRISONERTHE WOLF AND THE CRANETHE EAGLE, THE CAT, AND THE WILD SOWTHE WOLF AND THE SHEEPTHE TUNNY-FISH AND THE DOLPHINTHE THREE TRADESMENTHE MOUSE AND THE BULLTHE HARE AND THE HOUNDTHE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSETHE LION AND THE BULLTHE WOLF, THE FOX, AND THE APETHE EAGLE AND THE COCKSTHE ESCAPED JACKDAWTHE FARMER AND THE FOXVENUS AND THE CATTHE CROW AND THE SWANTHE STAG WITH ONE EYETHE FLY AND THE DRAUGHT-MULETHE COCK AND THE JEWELTHE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERDTHE FARMER AND THE STORKTHE CHARGER AND THE MILLERTHE GRASSHOPPER AND THE OWLTHE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANTSTHE FARMER AND THE VIPERTHE TWO FROGSTHE COBBLER TURNED DOCTORTHE ASS, THE COCK, AND THE LIONTHE BELLY AND THE MEMBERSTHE BALD MAN AND THE FLYTHE ASS AND THE WOLFTHE MONKEY AND THE CAMELTHE SICK MAN AND THE DOCTORTHE TRAVELLERS AND THE PLANE-TREETHE FLEA AND THE OXTHE BIRDS, THE BEASTS, AND THE BATTHE MAN AND HIS TWO SWEETHEARTSTHE EAGLE, THE JACKDAW, AND THE SHEPHERDTHE WOLF AND THE BOYTHE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR ASSTHE STAG AND THE VINETHE LAMB CHASED BY A WOLFTHE ARCHER AND THE LIONTHE WOLF AND THE GOATTHE SICK STAGTHE ASS AND THE MULEBROTHER AND SISTERTHE HEIFER AND THE OXTHE KINGDOM OF THE LIONTHE ASS AND HIS DRIVERTHE LION AND THE HARETHE WOLVES AND THE DOGSTHE BULL AND THE CALFTHE TREES AND THE AXETHE ASTRONOMERTHE LABOURER AND THE SNAKETHE CAGE-BIRD AND THE BATTHE ASS AND HIS PURCHASERTHE KID AND THE WOLFTHE DEBTOR AND HIS SOWTHE BALD HUNTSMANTHE HERDSMAN AND THE LOST BULLTHE MULETHE HOUND AND THE FOXTHE FATHER AND HIS DAUGHTERSTHE THIEF AND THE INNKEEPERTHE PACK-ASS AND THE WILD ASSTHE ASS AND HIS MASTERSTHE PACK-ASS, THE WILD ASS, AND THE LIONTHE ANTTHE FROGS AND THE WELLTHE CRAB AND THE FOXTHE FOX AND THE GRASSHOPPERTHE FARMER, HIS BOY, AND THE ROOKSTHE ASS AND THE DOGTHE ASS CARRYING THE IMAGETHE ATHENIAN AND THE THEBANTHE GOATHERD AND THE GOATTHE SHEEP AND THE DOGTHE SHEPHERD AND THE WOLFTHE LION, JUPITER, AND THE ELEPHANTTHE PIG AND THE SHEEPTHE GARDENER AND HIS DOGTHE RIVERS AND THE SEATHE LION IN LOVETHE BEE-KEEPERTHE WOLF AND THE HORSETHE BAT, THE BRAMBLE, AND THE SEAGULLTHE DOG AND THE WOLFTHE WASP AND THE SNAKETHE EAGLE AND THE BEETLETHE FOWLER AND THE LARKTHE FISHERMAN PIPINGTHE WEASEL AND THE MANTHE PLOUGHMAN, THE ASS, AND THE OXDEMADES AND HIS FABLETHE MONKEY AND THE DOLPHINTHE CROW AND THE SNAKETHE DOGS AND THE FOXTHE NIGHTINGALE AND THE HAWKTHE ROSE AND THE AMARANTHTHE MAN, THE HORSE, THE OX, AND THE DOGTHE WOLVES, THE SHEEP, AND THE RAMTHE SWANTHE SNAKE AND JUPITERTHE WOLF AND HIS SHADOWTHE PLOUGHMAN AND THE WOLFMERCURY AND THE MAN BITTEN BY AN ANTTHE WILY LIONTHE PARROT AND THE CATTHE STAG AND THE LIONTHE IMPOSTORTHE DOGS AND THE HIDESTHE LION, THE FOX, AND THE ASSTHE FOWLER, THE PARTRIDGE, AND THE COCKTHE GNAT AND THE LIONTHE FARMER AND HIS DOGSTHE EAGLE AND THE FOXTHE BUTCHER AND HIS CUSTOMERSHERCULES AND MINERVATHE FOX WHO SERVED A LIONTHE QUACK DOCTORTHE LION, THE WOLF, AND THE FOXHERCULES AND PLUTUSTHE FOX AND THE LEOPARDTHE FOX AND THE HEDGEHOGTHE CROW AND THE RAVENTHE WITCHTHE OLD MAN AND DEATHTHE MISERTHE FOXES AND THE RIVERTHE HORSE AND THE STAGTHE FOX AND THE BRAMBLETHE FOX AND THE SNAKETHE LION, THE FOX, AND THE STAGTHE MAN WHO LOST HIS SPADETHE PARTRIDGE AND THE FOWLERTHE RUNAWAY SLAVETHE HUNTER AND THE WOODMANTHE SERPENT AND THE EAGLETHE ROGUE AND THE ORACLETHE HORSE AND THE ASSTHE DOG CHASING A WOLFGRIEF AND HIS DUETHE HAWK, THE KITE, AND THE PIGEONSTHE WOMAN AND THE FARMERPROMETHEUS AND THE MAKING OF MANTHE SWALLOW AND THE CROWTHE HUNTER AND THE HORSEMANTHE GOATHERD AND THE WILD GOATSTHE NIGHTINGALE AND THE SWALLOWTHE TRAVELLER AND FORTUNEBeginning of this editionNext chapter →V. S. VERNON JONESAll chapters and sections (288)AESOP'S FABLESV. S. VERNON JONESINTRODUCTIONAESOP'S FABLESTHE FOX AND THE GRAPESTHE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGGSTHE CAT AND THE MICETHE MISCHIEVOUS DOGTHE CHARCOAL-BURNER AND THE FULLERTHE MICE IN COUNCILTHE BAT AND THE WEASELSTHE DOG AND THE SOWTHE FOX AND THE CROWTHE HORSE AND THE GROOMTHE WOLF AND THE LAMBTHE PEACOCK AND THE CRANETHE CAT AND THE BIRDSTHE SPENDTHRIFT AND THE SWALLOWTHE OLD WOMAN AND THE DOCTORTHE MOON AND HER MOTHERMERCURY AND THE WOODMANTHE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LIONTHE LION AND THE MOUSETHE CROW AND THE PITCHERTHE BOYS AND THE FROGSTHE NORTH WIND AND THE SUNTHE MISTRESS AND HER SERVANTSTHE GOODS AND THE ILLSTHE HARES AND THE FROGSTHE FOX AND THE STORKTHE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHINGTHE STAG IN THE OX-STALLTHE MILKMAID AND HER PAILTHE DOLPHINS, THE WHALES, AND THE SPRATTHE FOX AND THE MONKEYTHE ASS AND THE LAP-DOGTHE FIR-TREE AND THE BRAMBLETHE FROGS' COMPLAINT AGAINST THE SUNTHE DOG, THE COCK, AND THE FOXTHE GNAT AND THE BULLTHE BEAR AND THE TRAVELLERSTHE SLAVE AND THE LIONTHE FLEA AND THE MANTHE BEE AND JUPITERTHE OAK AND THE REEDSTHE BLIND MAN AND THE CUBTHE BOY AND THE SNAILSTHE APES AND THE TWO TRAVELLERSTHE ASS AND HIS BURDENSTHE SHEPHERD'S BOY AND THE WOLFTHE FOX AND THE GOATTHE FISHERMAN AND THE SPRATTHE BOASTING TRAVELLERTHE CRAB AND HIS MOTHERTHE ASS AND HIS SHADOWTHE FARMER AND HIS SONSTHE DOG AND THE COOKTHE MONKEY AS KINGTHE THIEVES AND THE COCKTHE FARMER AND FORTUNEJUPITER AND THE MONKEYFATHER AND SONSTHE LAMPTHE OWL AND THE BIRDSTHE ASS IN THE LION'S SKINTHE SHE-GOATS AND THEIR BEARDSTHE OLD LIONTHE BOY BATHINGTHE QUACK FROGTHE SWOLLEN FOXTHE MOUSE, THE FROG, AND THE HAWKTHE BOY AND THE NETTLESTHE PEASANT AND THE APPLE-TREETHE JACKDAW AND THE PIGEONSJUPITER AND THE TORTOISETHE DOG IN THE MANGERTHE TWO BAGSTHE OXEN AND THE AXLETREESTHE BOY AND THE FILBERTSTHE FROGS ASKING FOR A KINGTHE OLIVE-TREE AND THE FIG-TREETHE LION AND THE BOARTHE WALNUT-TREETHE MAN AND THE LIONTHE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLETHE KID ON THE HOUSETOPTHE FOX WITHOUT A TAILTHE VAIN JACKDAWTHE TRAVELLER AND HIS DOGTHE SHIPWRECKED MAN AND THE SEATHE WILD BOAR AND THE FOXMERCURY AND THE SCULPTORTHE FAWN AND HIS MOTHERTHE FOX AND THE LIONTHE EAGLE AND HIS CAPTORTHE BLACKSMITH AND HIS DOGTHE STAG AT THE POOLTHE DOG AND THE SHADOWMERCURY AND THE TRADESMENTHE MICE AND THE WEASELSTHE PEACOCK AND JUNOTHE BEAR AND THE FOXTHE ASS AND THE OLD PEASANTTHE OX AND THE FROGTHE MAN AND THE IMAGEHERCULES AND THE WAGGONERTHE POMEGRANATE, THE APPLE-TREE, AND THE BRAMBLETHE LION, THE BEAR, AND THE FOXTHE BLACKAMOORTHE TWO SOLDIERS AND THE ROBBERTHE LION AND THE WILD ASSTHE MAN AND THE SATYRTHE IMAGE-SELLERTHE EAGLE AND THE ARROWTHE RICH MAN AND THE TANNERTHE WOLF, THE MOTHER, AND HER CHILDTHE OLD WOMAN AND THE WINE-JARTHE LIONESS AND THE VIXENTHE VIPER AND THE FILETHE CAT AND THE COCKTHE HARE AND THE TORTOISETHE SOLDIER AND HIS HORSETHE OXEN AND THE BUTCHERSTHE WOLF AND THE LIONTHE SHEEP, THE WOLF, AND THE STAGTHE LION AND THE THREE BULLSTHE HORSE AND HIS RIDERTHE GOAT AND THE VINETHE TWO POTSTHE OLD HOUNDTHE CLOWN AND THE COUNTRYMANTHE LARK AND THE FARMERTHE LION AND THE ASSTHE PROPHETTHE HOUND AND THE HARETHE LION, THE MOUSE, AND THE FOXTHE TRUMPETER TAKEN PRISONERTHE WOLF AND THE CRANETHE EAGLE, THE CAT, AND THE WILD SOWTHE WOLF AND THE SHEEPTHE TUNNY-FISH AND THE DOLPHINTHE THREE TRADESMENTHE MOUSE AND THE BULLTHE HARE AND THE HOUNDTHE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSETHE LION AND THE BULLTHE WOLF, THE FOX, AND THE APETHE EAGLE AND THE COCKSTHE ESCAPED JACKDAWTHE FARMER AND THE FOXVENUS AND THE CATTHE CROW AND THE SWANTHE STAG WITH ONE EYETHE FLY AND THE DRAUGHT-MULETHE COCK AND THE JEWELTHE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERDTHE FARMER AND THE STORKTHE CHARGER AND THE MILLERTHE GRASSHOPPER AND THE OWLTHE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANTSTHE FARMER AND THE VIPERTHE TWO FROGSTHE COBBLER TURNED DOCTORTHE ASS, THE COCK, AND THE LIONTHE BELLY AND THE MEMBERSTHE BALD MAN AND THE FLYTHE ASS AND THE WOLFTHE MONKEY AND THE CAMELTHE SICK MAN AND THE DOCTORTHE TRAVELLERS AND THE PLANE-TREETHE FLEA AND THE OXTHE BIRDS, THE BEASTS, AND THE BATTHE MAN AND HIS TWO SWEETHEARTSTHE EAGLE, THE JACKDAW, AND THE SHEPHERDTHE WOLF AND THE BOYTHE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR ASSTHE STAG AND THE VINETHE LAMB CHASED BY A WOLFTHE ARCHER AND THE LIONTHE WOLF AND THE GOATTHE SICK STAGTHE ASS AND THE MULEBROTHER AND SISTERTHE HEIFER AND THE OXTHE KINGDOM OF THE LIONTHE ASS AND HIS DRIVERTHE LION AND THE HARETHE WOLVES AND THE DOGSTHE BULL AND THE CALFTHE TREES AND THE AXETHE ASTRONOMERTHE LABOURER AND THE SNAKETHE CAGE-BIRD AND THE BATTHE ASS AND HIS PURCHASERTHE KID AND THE WOLFTHE DEBTOR AND HIS SOWTHE BALD HUNTSMANTHE HERDSMAN AND THE LOST BULLTHE MULETHE HOUND AND THE FOXTHE FATHER AND HIS DAUGHTERSTHE THIEF AND THE INNKEEPERTHE PACK-ASS AND THE WILD ASSTHE ASS AND HIS MASTERSTHE PACK-ASS, THE WILD ASS, AND THE LIONTHE ANTTHE FROGS AND THE WELLTHE CRAB AND THE FOXTHE FOX AND THE GRASSHOPPERTHE FARMER, HIS BOY, AND THE ROOKSTHE ASS AND THE DOGTHE ASS CARRYING THE IMAGETHE ATHENIAN AND THE THEBANTHE GOATHERD AND THE GOATTHE SHEEP AND THE DOGTHE SHEPHERD AND THE WOLFTHE LION, JUPITER, AND THE ELEPHANTTHE PIG AND THE SHEEPTHE GARDENER AND HIS DOGTHE RIVERS AND THE SEATHE LION IN LOVETHE BEE-KEEPERTHE WOLF AND THE HORSETHE BAT, THE BRAMBLE, AND THE SEAGULLTHE DOG AND THE WOLFTHE WASP AND THE SNAKETHE EAGLE AND THE BEETLETHE FOWLER AND THE LARKTHE FISHERMAN PIPINGTHE WEASEL AND THE MANTHE PLOUGHMAN, THE ASS, AND THE OXDEMADES AND HIS FABLETHE MONKEY AND THE DOLPHINTHE CROW AND THE SNAKETHE DOGS AND THE FOXTHE NIGHTINGALE AND THE HAWKTHE ROSE AND THE AMARANTHTHE MAN, THE HORSE, THE OX, AND THE DOGTHE WOLVES, THE SHEEP, AND THE RAMTHE SWANTHE SNAKE AND JUPITERTHE WOLF AND HIS SHADOWTHE PLOUGHMAN AND THE WOLFMERCURY AND THE MAN BITTEN BY AN ANTTHE WILY LIONTHE PARROT AND THE CATTHE STAG AND THE LIONTHE IMPOSTORTHE DOGS AND THE HIDESTHE LION, THE FOX, AND THE ASSTHE FOWLER, THE PARTRIDGE, AND THE COCKTHE GNAT AND THE LIONTHE FARMER AND HIS DOGSTHE EAGLE AND THE FOXTHE BUTCHER AND HIS CUSTOMERSHERCULES AND MINERVATHE FOX WHO SERVED A LIONTHE QUACK DOCTORTHE LION, THE WOLF, AND THE FOXHERCULES AND PLUTUSTHE FOX AND THE LEOPARDTHE FOX AND THE HEDGEHOGTHE CROW AND THE RAVENTHE WITCHTHE OLD MAN AND DEATHTHE MISERTHE FOXES AND THE RIVERTHE HORSE AND THE STAGTHE FOX AND THE BRAMBLETHE FOX AND THE SNAKETHE LION, THE FOX, AND THE STAGTHE MAN WHO LOST HIS SPADETHE PARTRIDGE AND THE FOWLERTHE RUNAWAY SLAVETHE HUNTER AND THE WOODMANTHE SERPENT AND THE EAGLETHE ROGUE AND THE ORACLETHE HORSE AND THE ASSTHE DOG CHASING A WOLFGRIEF AND HIS DUETHE HAWK, THE KITE, AND THE PIGEONSTHE WOMAN AND THE FARMERPROMETHEUS AND THE MAKING OF MANTHE SWALLOW AND THE CROWTHE HUNTER AND THE HORSEMANTHE GOATHERD AND THE WILD GOATSTHE NIGHTINGALE AND THE SWALLOWTHE TRAVELLER AND FORTUNEA NEW TRANSLATION BYV. 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