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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A VERY SKILLFUL BOWMAN went to the mountains in search of game, but all the beasts of the forest fled at his approach.…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A STAG asked a Sheep to lend him a measure of wheat, and said that the Wolf would be his surety. The Sheep, fearing so…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A VIPER, entering the workshop of a smith, sought from the tools the means of satisfying his hunger. He more particula…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A CHARCOAL-BURNER carried on his trade in his own house. One day he met a friend, a Fuller, and entreated him to come …
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A FAMISHED FOX saw some clusters of ripe black grapes hanging from a trellised vine. She resorted to all her tricks to…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A MIDDLE-AGED MAN, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at the same time. One of them was young, and t…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A HART, hard pressed in the chase, hid himself beneath the large leaves of a Vine. The huntsmen, in their haste, overs…
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 SHEPHERD penning his sheep in the fold for the night was about to shut up a wolf with them, when his Dog perceiving …
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A FOX saw a Lion confined in a cage, and standing near him, bitterly reviled him. The Lion said to the Fox, “It is not…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A FLY bit the bare head of a Bald Man who, endeavoring to destroy it, gave himself a heavy slap. Escaping, the Fly sai…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
AN ASTRONOMER used to go out at night to observe the stars. One evening, as he wandered through the suburbs with his w…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
THE LION, the Fox and the Ass entered into an agreement to assist each other in the chase. Having secured a large boot…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
THE GEESE and the Cranes were feeding in the same meadow, when a birdcatcher came to ensnare them in his nets. The Cra…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
TEE KITES of olden times, as well as the Swans, had the privilege of song. But having heard the neigh of the horse, th…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A WOLF, passing by, saw some Shepherds in a hut eating a haunch of mutton for their dinner. Approaching them, he said,…
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 PIGEON, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it to be only a p…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
THE WASPS and the Partridges, overcome with thirst, came to a Farmer and besought him to give them some water to drink…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A FOX invited a Crane to supper and provided nothing for his entertainment but some soup made of pulse, which was pour…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A GNAT came and said to a Lion, “I do not in the least fear you, nor are you stronger than I am. For in what does your…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A BULL, escaping from a Lion, hid in a cave which some shepherds had recently occupied. As soon as he entered, a He-Go…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A FARMER’S daughter was carrying her Pail of milk from the field to the farmhouse, when she fell a-musing. “The money …
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A young Pig was shut up in a fold-yard with a Goat and a Sheep. On one occasion the shepherd laid hold of him, when he…
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）
THE OLIVE-TREE ridiculed the Fig-Tree because, while she was green all the year round, the Fig-Tree changed its leaves…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
THE LION wearied Jupiter with his frequent complaints. “It is true, O Jupiter!” he said, “that I am gigantic in streng…
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