--- title: Aesop’s Fables, part 8 — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · full text with trees · page 2 description: Aesop’s Fables, part 8, «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: A VERY POOR MAN, a Carpenter by trade, had a wooden image of Mercury, before which he made offerings day by day, and begged the idol to make him rich --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Three hundred Aesop’s fables](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/) / Aesop’s Fables, part 8 # Aesop’s Fables, part 8 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/) **2** - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/101/) — He appealed to the Ass to fly with him, lest they should both be captured, but the animal lazily replied, “Why should I, pray? - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/102/) — Do you think it likely the conqueror will place on me two sets of panniers?” - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/103/) — “No,” rejoined the Shepherd. - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/104/) — “Then,” said the Ass, “as long as I carry the panniers, what matters it to me whom I serve?” - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/105/) — In a change of government the poor change nothing beyond the name of their master. - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/106/) — The Fox and the Hedgehog - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/107/) — A FOX swimming across a rapid river was carried by the force of the current into a very deep ravine, where he lay for a long time very much bruised, sick, and unable to move. - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/108/) — A swarm of hungry blood-sucking flies settled upon him. - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/109/) — A Hedgehog, passing by, saw his anguish and inquired if he should drive away the flies that were tormenting him. - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/110/) — “By no means,” replied the Fox; “pray do not molest them.” - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/111/) — “How is this?” said the Hedgehog; “do you not want to be rid of them?” - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/112/) — “No,” returned the Fox, “for these flies which you see are full of blood, and sting me but little, and if you rid me of these which are already satiated, others more hungry will come in their place, and will drink up all the blood I have left.” - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/113/) — The Woman and Her Hen - [114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/114/) — A WOMAN possessed a Hen that gave her an egg every day. - [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/115/) — She often pondered how she might obtain two eggs daily instead of one, and at last, to gain her purpose, determined to give the Hen a double allowance of barley. - [116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/116/) — From that day the Hen became fat and sleek, and never once laid another egg. - [117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/117/) — The Kites and the Swans - [118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/118/) — TEE KITES of olden times, as well as the Swans, had the privilege of song. - [119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/119/) — But having heard the neigh of the horse, they were so enchanted with the sound, that they tried to imitate it; and, in trying to neigh, they forgot how to sing. - [120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/120/) — The desire for imaginary benefits often involves the loss of present blessings. - [121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/121/) — The Dog and the Hare - [122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/122/) — A HOUND having started a Hare on the hillside pursued her for some distance, at one time biting her with his teeth as if he would take her life, and at another fawning upon her, as if in play with another dog. - [123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/123/) — The Hare said to him, “I wish you would act sincerely by me, and show yourself in your true colors. - [124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/124/) — If you are a friend, why do you bite me so hard? - [125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/125/) — If an enemy, why do you fawn on me?” - [126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/126/) — No one can be a friend if you know not whether to trust or distrust him. - [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/127/) — The Hares and the Foxes - [128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/128/) — THE HARES waged war with the Eagles, and called upon the Foxes to help them. - [129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/129/) — They replied, “We would willingly have helped you, if we had not known who you were, and with whom you were fighting.” - [130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/130/) — Count the cost before you commit yourselves. - [131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/131/) — The Bull and the Calf - [132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/132/) — A BULL was striving with all his might to squeeze himself through a narrow passage which led to his stall. - [133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/133/) — A young Calf came up, and offered to go before and show him the way by which he could manage to pass. - [134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/134/) — “Save yourself the trouble,” said the Bull; “I knew that way long before you were born.” - [135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/135/) — The Stag, the Wolf, and the Sheep - [136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/136/) — A STAG asked a Sheep to lend him a measure of wheat, and said that the Wolf would be his surety. - [137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/137/) — The Sheep, fearing some fraud was intended, excused herself, saying, “The Wolf is accustomed to seize what he wants and to run off; and you, too, can quickly outstrip me in your rapid flight. - [138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/138/) — How then shall I be able to find you, when the day of payment comes?” [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/10/) **2** - ← previous: [Aesop’s Fables, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/9/) - next →: [Aesop’s Fables, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/11/) - ↑ back to [Three hundred Aesop’s fables](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/)