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Aesop’s Fables

The fox looking at the grapes on the vine

Sweet grapes

A fox passed by a grapevine winding around the branches of a tree. He saw a bunch of grapes hanging above. He jumped to snatch some grapes. But the grapes were too high for him. “You have to grow up fox,” said a monkey living on the tree; “here take…
  • by Subba Rao
  • January 25, 2020
  • 2 minute read
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Wolf! Wolf!

Ramu lived at the foot of a hill. He used to take the sheep from the village to the hill for grazing. One day, he was bored and he thought he should have some fun. He started shouting loudly, “Wolf! Wolf!” His cry was heard in the village. The villagers…
  • by Subba Rao
  • August 19, 2019
  • 2 minute read
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Flying lesson

There was once a little bird who refused to fly out. “Come on, baby, a bird has to fly,” said mama. “Not today,” said the little bird. Mama discussed this with Papa. “Will my little one ever fly, I wonder,” she said. Papa was least worried. “He will. Just you…
  • by Subba Rao
  • August 19, 2019
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Belling the cat

All the mice of the house held a meeting. Their number was dwindling. Every day they were losing a friend. The mice were facing a threat from a cat. A big black cat. A killer cat. “She moves so stealthily,” said one mice. “We don’t even hear her footsteps,” said…
  • by Subba Rao
  • April 1, 2020
  • 3 minute read
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Lion and the mouse

Amouse saw a lion dozing. He ran up the lion’s tail and climbed on to his back. As he was sliding down the lion’s long nose, the king of the jungle opened his eyes wide. The mouse trembled as the lion held him in his paw. He knew the lion…
  • by Subba Rao
  • August 19, 2019
  • 1 minute read
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Equal division

Two mice, Changu and Mangu, found a bar of chocolate. “I saw it first. It’s mine,” said Changu. “But I picked it up. It’s mine,” said Mangu. Changu tried to snatch the bar from Mangu who held on to it. In this fight, the chocolate bar broke into two parts.…
  • by Subba Rao
  • August 19, 2019
  • 2 minute read
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