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Tell your secret to your servant, and you make him your master
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.
That's Hackerton's cow.
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.
The 'Nsasak Bird and the Odudu Bird
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.
The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise; or, Why the Hippopotamus lives in the Water
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.
The Ant and the Dove
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Ants and the Grasshopper
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Apes and the Two Travelers
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Ass And The Grasshopper
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Ass Carrying the Image
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Ass and His Driver
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Ass and His Masters
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Ass and His Purchaser
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Ass and His Shadow
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Ass and the Charger
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Ass and the Frogs
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Ass and the Horse
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Ass and the Lapdog
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Ass and the Mule
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Ass and the Old Shepherd
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Ass and the Wolf
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Ass in the Lion’s Skin
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Ass, the Cock, and the Lion
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
The Astronomer
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.