Fable
The Thirsty Pigeon
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
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Fable
The Three Tradesmen
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Thrush and the Fowler
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Poetry
The Tiger
Six stanzas of unanswered questions forge the tiger through hammer, chain, furnace, and anvil, ending by asking whether its maker also made the lamb.
Proverb
The tod [fox] ne'er sped better than when he went his ain errand.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
Fable
The Tortoise and the Eagle
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Tortoise with a Pretty Daughter
Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.
Proverb
The toughest skin holds longest out.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
Fable
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Traveler and Fortune
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Traveler and His Dog
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Travelers and the Plane-Tree
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Trees and the Axe
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Trees Under the Protection of the Gods
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Poetry
The Triumph
The speaker calls onlookers to see his lady ride in Love's chariot, praises her eyes, hair and brow, and closes with a run of comparisons drawn from touch, smell and taste.
Fable
The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Two Bags
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Two Dogs
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Two Frogs (Fable 141)
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Two Frogs (Fable 190)
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Two Men Who Were Enemies
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Two Pots
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Two Soldiers and the Robber
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Fable
The Two Travelers and the Axe
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.