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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
THE DOLPHINS and Whales waged a fierce war with each other. When the battle was at its height, a Sprat lifted its head…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A CROW was jealous of the Raven, because he was considered a bird of good omen and always attracted the attention of m…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A TROUBLESOME CROW seated herself on the back of a Sheep. The Sheep, much against his will, carried her backward and f…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A WOLF, sorely wounded and bitten by dogs, lay sick and maimed in his lair. Being in want of food, he called to a Shee…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A PHILOSOPHER witnessed from the shore the shipwreck of a vessel, of which the crew and passengers were all drowned. H…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A CARTER was driving a wagon along a country lane, when the wheels sank down deep into a rut. The rustic driver, stupe…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A GOATHERD had sought to bring back a stray goat to his flock. He whistled and sounded his horn in vain; the straggler…
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 CERTAIN MAN, detained by a storm in his country house, first of all killed his sheep, and then his goats, for the ma…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A MAN had two Gamecocks in his poultry-yard. One day by chance he found a tame Partridge for sale. He purchased it and…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A MAN came into a forest and asked the Trees to provide him a handle for his axe. The Trees consented to his request a…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
THE HARES waged war with the Eagles, and called upon the Foxes to help them. They replied, “We would willingly have he…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A BEAR boasted very much of his philanthropy, saying that of all animals he was the most tender in his regard for man,…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A MOUNTAIN was once greatly agitated. Loud groans and noises were heard, and crowds of people came from all parts to s…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A PEASANT found an Eagle captured in a trap, and much admiring the bird, set him free. The Eagle did not prove ungrate…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a precious stone and exclaimed: “If your owner had found t…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A DOE hard pressed by hunters sought refuge in a cave belonging to a Lion. The Lion concealed himself on seeing her ap…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A WOLF followed a flock of sheep for a long time and did not attempt to injure one of them. The Shepherd at first stoo…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A HOUND started a Hare from his lair, but after a long run, gave up the chase. A goat-herd seeing him stop, mocked him…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A MAN once kept a Goat and an Ass. The Goat, envying the Ass on account of his greater abundance of food, said, “How s…
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 HUNTER, not very bold, was searching for the tracks of a Lion. He asked a man felling oaks in the forest if he had s…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A CRAB said to her son, “Why do you walk so one-sided, my child? It is far more becoming to go straight forward.” The …
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A SWALLOW, returning from abroad and especially fond of dwelling with men, built herself a nest in the wall of a Court…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A RICH MAN lived near a Tanner, and not being able to bear the unpleasant smell of the tan-yard, he pressed his neighb…
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Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation) · 古希腊寓言传统（汤森英译本）
A SHEPHERD, keeping watch over his sheep near the shore, saw the Sea very calm and smooth, and longed to make a voyage…
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