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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A CAT, hearing that the Birds in a certain aviary were ailing dressed himself up as a physician, and, taking his cane …
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
ONCE UPON A TIME a Wolf resolved to disguise his appearance in order to secure food more easily. Encased in the skin o…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A FATHER, being on the point of death, wished to be sure that his sons would give the same attention to his farm as he…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A WOLF pursued a Lamb, which fled for refuge to a certain Temple. The Wolf called out to him and said, “The Priest wil…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
TWO TRAVELERS, worn out by the heat of the summer’s sun, laid themselves down at noon under the widespreading branches…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A CROW having stolen a bit of meat, perched in a tree and held it in her beak. A Fox, seeing this, longed to possess t…
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 WOLF, having stolen a lamb from a fold, was carrying him off to his lair. A Lion met him in the path, and seizing th…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A MAN who had traveled in foreign lands boasted very much, on returning to his own country, of the many wonderful and …
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A FOWLER, taking his bird-lime and his twigs, went out to catch birds. Seeing a thrush sitting upon a tree, he wished …
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
AN EAGLE, flying down from his perch on a lofty rock, seized upon a lamb and carried him aloft in his talons. A Jackda…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A STAG, roundly chased by the hounds and blinded by fear to the danger he was running into, took shelter in a farmyard…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
TWO FROGS were neighbors. One inhabited a deep pond, far removed from public view; the other lived in a gully containi…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
WHEN MAN first saw the Camel, he was so frightened at his vast size that he ran away. After a time, perceiving the mee…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A FLEA thus questioned an Ox: “What ails you, that being so huge and strong, you submit to the wrongs you receive from…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
THE PEACOCK made complaint to Juno that, while the nightingale pleased every ear with his song, he himself no sooner o…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
ROAMING BY the mountainside at sundown, a Wolf saw his own shadow become greatly extended and magnified, and he said t…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A FOX one day fell into a deep well and could find no means of escape. A Goat, overcome with thirst, came to the same …
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
THE MEMBERS of the Body rebelled against the Belly, and said, “Why should we be perpetually engaged in administering t…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A HALF-FAMISHED JACKDAW seated himself on a fig-tree, which had produced some fruit entirely out of season, and waited…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
SOME TRAVELERS, journeying along the seashore, climbed to the summit of a tall cliff, and looking over the sea, saw in…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A HOUND, who in the days of his youth and strength had never yielded to any beast of the forest, encountered in his ol…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A FISHERMAN skilled in music took his flute and his nets to the seashore. Standing on a projecting rock, he played sev…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
THE GODS, according to an ancient legend, made choice of certain trees to be under their special protection. Jupiter c…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A FLEA settled upon the bare foot of a Wrestler and bit him, causing the man to call loudly upon Hercules for help. Wh…
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