FABLES

The Ox and the Frog An Aesop's Fable

An ox stept on a a frog and the mother got mad. but couldnt do anything about it

Moral of Aesops Fable: Impossible things we cannot hope to attain, and it is of no use to try.

A Man and his Two Wives

A man had two wives, one was old one was young they picked the gray and black hairs out of his head and soon he was bald. 

Moral of Aesops Fable: Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield

The Dog and the Shadow A dog with a piece of meat was crossing a river, seeing his reflection thinking it was another dog went for that piece of meat, loosing the real peice.

Moral of Aesops Fable: Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow

The Bat, the Birds, and the Beasts

A bat could not pick between fighting with the birds or with the beasts, so when there was no fight he tried to rejoin both and both denied him.

Moral of Aesops Fable: "He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends."

The Fox and The Crow

The Crow perched on a branch was flattered by the fox who was complementing the crow, when the fox asked the crow to seeing it dropped the cheese and the fox got what it wanted.

Moral of Aesops Fable: Do not trust flatterers

The Vain Jackdaw 

A bird wanted to be king but he was not beautiful so he used the feathers of others to make him pretty but they were picked off in the end and he was back to himself.

Moral of Aesops Fable: Hope not to succeed in borrowed plumes.
The Goose with the Golden Eggs

A man would find a gold egg every morning and sold it for money he became rich and wanted all the gold at once by killing the chicken to open it up but found nothing.

Moral of Aesops Fable: Greed oft o'er reaches itself

The Two Crabs

A mother and son crab went one the sand for a stroll one day, the mother corrected her sons walking but the son only follows how the mother walks.

Moral of Aesops Fable: Example is the best precept

The Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk

A frog and a mouse were in love and tied eachother together.  The frog entered the water and soon the mouse died and floated to the top where and carried the mouse with it.  A hawk snatched the mouse up and the frog went with him.

Moral of Aesops Fable: Harm hatch, harm catch.

The Tortoise and the Birds 
A tortoise wanted to move so he asked an eagle to fly him somewhere new.  Once above sharp rocks the eagle dropped the turtle to his death and him and another bird feasted.

Moral of Aesops Fable: Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions