An Arab camel-driver, after completing the loading of his camel, asked him which he would like best, to go up hill or down.
The poor beast replied, not without a touch of reason: "Why do you ask me? Is it that the level way through the desert is closed?"
A lamb, chased by a wolf, finds safety in a temple. When ...
A man tries to sell a wooden god, claiming it brings luck...
A starving grasshopper begs ants for food in winter, havi...
A bird-catcher, after catching a bird in one mesh of his ...
A cat, having caught a cock, seeks an excuse to eat him a...
A crow, envious of an eagle's easy capture of a lamb, att...
A pig's loud protest when captured highlights the differe...
A hen complains to a rooster about his repeated, unfulfil...
Three surgeons boast about their miraculous surgeries, ea...
An elderly Chaucer humorously claims his strength is unch...
A man warms his hands and cools his food by blowing with ...
A couple kills their goose that lays golden eggs daily, h...
A blacksmith criticizes his dog for sleeping during work ...
A pomegranate and an apple-tree argue fiercely over whose...
A man warms his hands and cools his food by blowing with ...
A man's contradictory actions of blowing on his hands to ...
A farmer yokes an ox and an ass together to plough. After...
A man dressed as Abraham Lincoln explains his costume rep...
A rabbit envies a crow's idleness but learns a harsh less...
A patient's worsening symptoms are repeatedly dismissed a...