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Some of Æsop's Fables with Modern Instances

THE MAN AND HIS TWO WIVES

Alfred Caldecott translation

A man looks at his bald head in his reflection while his two wives busy themselves in the background.
A man looks at his bald head in his reflection while his two wives busy themselves in the background.

THE MAN AND HIS TWO WIVES.

A Man whose hair was turning gray had two Wives, one young and the other old. The elderly woman felt ashamed at being married to a man younger than herself, and made it a practice whenever he was with her to pick out all his black hairs; while the younger, anxious to conceal the fact that she had an elderly husband, used, similarly, to pull out the gray ones. So, between them, it ended in the Man being completely plucked, and becoming bald.

An exasperated painter gives up on his painting. He sits under two statues of women. One is titled 'the real' and the other is titled 'the ideal.' He has written 'Namby Pamby' on his painting.
An exasperated painter gives up on his painting. He sits under two statues of women. One is titled 'the real' and the other is titled 'the ideal.' He has written 'Namby Pamby' on his painting.
A bald man approaches his home with two vases.
A bald man approaches his home with two vases.
A fox without a tail.
A fox without a tail.
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