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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
AN ARAB Camel-driver, after completing the loading of his Camel, asked him which he would like best, to go up hill or …
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A LION, worn out with years and powerless from disease, lay on the ground at the point of death. A Boar rushed upon hi…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
JUPITER ISSUED a proclamation to all the beasts of the forest and promised a royal reward to the one whose offspring s…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A FOX, running before the hounds, came across a Woodcutter felling an oak and begged him to show him a safe hiding-pla…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
TWO FROGS dwelt in the same pool. When the pool dried up under the summer’s heat, they left it and set out together fo…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
THE WEASELS and the Mice waged a perpetual war with each other, in which much blood was shed. The Weasels were always …
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number, when he saw a Scorpion, and mistaking him for a locust, …
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A LION, greatly desiring to capture a Bull, and yet afraid to attack him on account of his great size, resorted to a t…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water and took it…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
THE CAMEL, when he saw the Bull adorned with horns, envied him and wished that he himself could obtain the same honour…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
ON A SUMMER DAY, when the great heat induced a general thirst among the beasts, a Lion and a Boar came at the same mom…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
AN ASS, being driven along a high road, suddenly started off and bolted to the brink of a deep precipice. While he was…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
AN OLD WOMAN having lost the use of her eyes, called in a Physician to heal them, and made this bargain with him in th…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
AN ASS and a Cock were in a straw-yard together when a Lion, desperate from hunger, approached the spot. He was about …
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
AN EAGLE and a Fox formed an intimate friendship and decided to live near each other. The Eagle built her nest in the …
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
AN ASS, carrying a load of wood, passed through a pond. As he was crossing through the water he lost his footing, stum…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
IN THE WINTERTIME, a Dog curled up in as small a space as possible on account of the cold, determined to make himself …
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A COBBLER unable to make a living by his trade and made desperate by poverty, began to practice medicine in a town in …
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
AT ONE TIME the Horse had the plain entirely to himself. Then a Stag intruded into his domain and shared his pasture. …
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A MULETEER set forth on a journey, driving before him an Ass and a Mule, both well laden. The Ass, as long as he trave…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
THE POMEGRANATE and Apple-Tree disputed as to which was the most beautiful. When their strife was at its height, a Bra…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A LAMP, soaked with too much oil and flaring brightly, boasted that it gave more light than the sun. Then a sudden puf…
Project Gutenberg · Three Hundred Aesop’s Fables · George Fyler Townsend translation
Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A CROW in great want of food saw a Serpent asleep in a sunny nook, and flying down, greedily seized him. The Serpent, …
Project Gutenberg · Three Hundred Aesop’s Fables · George Fyler Townsend translation
Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A LION roaming by the seashore saw a Dolphin lift up its head out of the waves, and suggested that they contract an al…
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