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The Dog and the Sow | 狗与母猪
A dog and a sow argue over whose offspring are superior, with the sow pointing out the biological...
The Bittern and the Hoopoe | 麻鹬与戴胜鸟
A shepherd explains the importance of balance through a fable. The Bittern's cows grew wild on ri...
The Wolf and His Shadow | 狼与它的影子
A wolf mistakes its elongated shadow at sunset for true size, becomes arrogant, and is consequent...
The Dog and the Wolf | 狗与狼
A clever dog escapes being eaten by a wolf by promising to get fattened up for a future feast, bu...
The Dolphins and the Whales | 海豚与鲸
A sprat attempts to mediate a fierce and ongoing battle between dolphins and whales, but its offe...
The Dog and His Shadow | 狗和他的影子
A greedy dog, carrying stolen meat, mistakes his own reflection in the water for another dog with...
The Crow and the Necklace | 乌鸦与项链
A pair of crows seek help from a clever jackal to stop a snake from eating their eggs. The jackal...
The Singing Donkey | 唱歌的驴
A lonely donkey ignores his jackal friend's warning and insists on singing loudly in a farmer's o...
The Wolf and the Lamb | 狼和小羊
A wolf, seeking to eat a lamb, fabricates two false accusations against it. When the lamb logical...
The Ants and the Colossal Turtle | 群蚁观鳌
A swarm of ants journeys to see a legendary turtle carrying a mountain, but after a long wait and...
The Quail Mocks the Roc | 鹦雀笑鹏
A tiny quail, content with its short hops among the weeds, mocks the mighty roc's epic journey ac...
The Eagle and the Bee | 鹰与蜜蜂
An eagle scorns a bee's humble, anonymous toil, boasting of his own majestic and fearsome exploit...
Apelles and the Ass | 阿佩莱斯与驴
A vain little ass mistakenly believes the painter Apelles admires him for a noble reason. Apelles...
The Clever Rabbit and the Hungry Wolf | 聪明的兔子与饥饿的狼
A clever rabbit outsmarts a hungry wolf by pretending to be poisoned by mushrooms, convincing the...
Two Peasants | 两个农夫
Two peasants, each in a hurry to go in opposite directions, argue stubbornly when their sledges g...
The Stonecutter | 石匠
A dissatisfied stonecutter magically transforms into increasingly powerful entities—a merchant, a...
The Colt Crosses the River | 小马过河
A young colt hesitates to cross a river after receiving conflicting advice from a cow and a squir...
The Oak and the Willow | 橡树与柳树
An oak and a willow argue over strength. The willow's flexibility allows it to survive a storm, w...
The Hunter's Fatal Mimicry | 猎人的致命模仿
A hunter skilled in mimicking animal calls uses his talent to lure prey and scare away predators,...
The Owl and the Turtledove | 猫头鹰与斑鸠
An owl, disliked for its cry in the west, decides to move east. A turtledove points out that chan...