--- title: Aesop’s Fables, part 1 — Three hundred Aesop’s fables · full text with trees · page 2 description: Aesop’s Fables, part 1, «Three hundred Aesop’s fables» by Aesop: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: The Lion And The Mouse --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/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 1 # Aesop’s Fables, part 1 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/) **2** - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/101/) — The Mole and His Mother - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/102/) — A MOLE, a creature blind from birth, once said to his Mother: “I am sure than I can see, Mother!” - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/103/) — In the desire to prove to him his mistake, his Mother placed before him a few grains of frankincense, and asked, “What is it?” - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/104/) — The young Mole said, “It is a pebble.” - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/105/) — His Mother exclaimed: “My son, I am afraid that you are not only blind, but that you have lost your sense of smell.” - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/106/) — The Herdsman and the Lost Bull - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/107/) — A HERDSMAN tending his flock in a forest lost a Bull-calf from the fold. - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/108/) — After a long and fruitless search, he made a vow that, if he could only discover the thief who had stolen the Calf, he would offer a lamb in sacrifice to Hermes, Pan, and the Guardian Deities of the forest. - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/109/) — Not long afterwards, as he ascended a small hillock, he saw at its foot a Lion feeding on the Calf. - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/110/) — Terrified at the sight, he lifted his eyes and his hands to heaven, and said: “Just now I vowed to offer a lamb to the Guardian Deities of the forest if I could only find out who had robbed me; but now that I have discovered the thief, I would willingly add a full-grown Bull to the Calf I have lost, if I may only secure my own escape from him in safety.” - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/111/) — The Fawn and His Mother - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/112/) — A YOUNG FAWN once said to his Mother, “You are larger than a dog, and swifter, and more used to running, and you have your horns as a defense; why, then, O Mother! do the hounds frighten you so?” - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/113/) — She smiled, and said: “I know full well, my son, that all you say is true. - [114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/114/) — I have the advantages you mention, but when I hear even the bark of a single dog I feel ready to faint, and fly away as fast as I can.” - [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/115/) — No arguments will give courage to the coward. - [116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/116/) — The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion - [117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/117/) — THE ASS and the Fox, having entered into partnership together for their mutual protection, went out into the forest to hunt. - [118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/118/) — They had not proceeded far when they met a Lion. - [119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/119/) — The Fox, seeing imminent danger, approached the Lion and promised to contrive for him the capture of the Ass if the Lion would pledge his word not to harm the Fox. - [120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/120/) — Then, upon assuring the Ass that he would not be injured, the Fox led him to a deep pit and arranged that he should fall into it. - [121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/121/) — The Lion, seeing that the Ass was secured, immediately clutched the Fox, and attacked the Ass at his leisure. - [122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/122/) — The Flies and the Honey-Pot - [123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/123/) — A NUMBER of Flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been overturned in a housekeeper’s room, and placing their feet in it, ate greedily. - [124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/124/) — Their feet, however, became so smeared with the honey that they could not use their wings, nor release themselves, and were suffocated. - [125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/125/) — Just as they were expiring, they exclaimed, “O foolish creatures that we are, for the sake of a little pleasure we have destroyed ourselves.” - [126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/126/) — Pleasure bought with pains, hurts. - [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/127/) — The Lioness - [128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/128/) — A CONTROVERSY prevailed among the beasts of the field as to which of the animals deserved the most credit for producing the greatest number of whelps at a birth. - [129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/129/) — They rushed clamorously into the presence of the Lioness and demanded of her the settlement of the dispute. - [130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/130/) — “And you,” they said, “how many sons have you at a birth?” - [131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/131/) — The Lioness laughed at them, and said: “Why! - [132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/132/) — I have only one; but that one is altogether a thoroughbred Lion.” - [133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/133/) — The value is in the worth, not in the number. - [134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/134/) — The Farmer and the Snake - [135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/135/) — ONE WINTER a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold. - [136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/136/) — He had compassion on it, and taking it up, placed it in his bosom. - [137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/137/) — The Snake was quickly revived by the warmth, and resuming its natural instincts, bit its benefactor, inflicting on him a mortal wound. - [138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/138/) — “Oh,” cried the Farmer with his last breath, “I am rightly served for pitying a scoundrel.” - [139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/139/) — The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful. - [140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/140/) — The Man and the Lion - [141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/141/) — A MAN and a Lion traveled together through the forest. - [142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/142/) — They soon began to boast of their respective superiority to each other in strength and prowess. - [143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/143/) — As they were disputing, they passed a statue carved in stone, which represented “a Lion strangled by a Man.” - [144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/144/) — The traveler pointed to it and said: “See there! - [145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/145/) — How strong we are, and how we prevail over even the king of beasts.” - [146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/146/) — The Lion replied: “This statue was made by one of you men. - [147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/147/) — If we Lions knew how to erect statues, you would see the Man placed under the paw of the Lion.” [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/3/) **2** - ← previous: [Life of Aesop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/2/) - next →: [Aesop’s Fables, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/4/) - ↑ back to [Three hundred Aesop’s fables](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg21/)