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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
AT ONE TIME a very large and strong Wolf was born among the wolves, who exceeded all his fellow-wolves in strength, si…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
SOME CRANES made their feeding grounds on some plowlands newly sown with wheat. For a long time the Farmer, brandishin…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
AN ANT went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, and being carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the …
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
THE SWALLOW and the Crow had a contention about their plumage. The Crow put an end to the dispute by saying, “Your fea…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
AN OLD MAN was employed in cutting wood in the forest, and, in carrying the faggots to the city for sale one day, beca…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A BIRDCATCHER was about to sit down to a dinner of herbs when a friend unexpectedly came in. The bird-trap was quite e…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
MERCURY once determined to learn in what esteem he was held among mortals. For this purpose he assumed the character o…
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 FISHERMAN who lived on the produce of his nets, one day caught a single small Fish as the result of his day’s labor.…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A STAG overpowered by heat came to a spring to drink. Seeing his own shadow reflected in the water, he greatly admired…
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）
THREE BULLS for a long time pastured together. A Lion lay in ambush in the hope of making them his prey, but was afrai…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A MAN, very much annoyed with a Flea, caught him at last, and said, “Who are you who dare to feed on my limbs, and to …
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 THIEF hired a room in a tavern and stayed a while in the hope of stealing something which should enable him to pay h…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
SOME FISHERMEN were out trawling their nets. Perceiving them to be very heavy, they danced about for joy and supposed …
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A FROG once upon a time came forth from his home in the marsh and proclaimed to all the beasts that he was a learned p…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A MOLE, a creature blind from birth, once said to his Mother: “I am sure than I can see, Mother!” In the desire to pro…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A TRAVELER hired an Ass to convey him to a distant place. The day being intensely hot, and the sun shining in its stre…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spared his life. The Weasel refused, saying th…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A LION entered a farmyard. The Farmer, wishing to catch him, shut the gate. When the Lion found that he could not esca…
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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 been bitten by a Dog went about in quest of someone who might heal him. A friend, meeting him and learni…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
AN ASS having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melo…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A NIGHTINGALE, sitting aloft upon an oak and singing according to his wont, was seen by a Hawk who, being in need of f…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A MULE, frolicsome from lack of work and from too much corn, galloped about in a very extravagant manner, and said to …
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 MAN and a Lion traveled together through the forest. They soon began to boast of their respective superiority to eac…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A WOLF coming out of a field of oats met a Horse and thus addressed him: “I would advise you to go into that field. It…
Project Gutenberg · Three Hundred Aesop’s Fables · George Fyler Townsend translation