Книга: Aesop's Fables (Aesop) ; Gardners Books

Much of the richness of our language and moral education is owed to a Greek slave who was executed over two thousand years ago. Literally hundreds of metaphors, axioms, and ideas that are woven into the very fabric of Western culture-from "e;sour grapes"e; and "e;crying wolf"e; to "e;actions speak louder than words"e; and "e;honesty is the best policy"e;-all came from Aesop's Fables. An extraordinary storyteller who used cunning foxes, surly dogs, clever mice, and foolish humans to describe the reality of a harsh world, Aesop created narratives that are appealing, funny, politically astute, and profoundly true. And Aesop's truth-often summed up in the pithy "e;moral of the story"e;-retains an awesome power to affect us, reaching us through both our intellects and our hearts. Included here are such fables as "e;The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse,"e; "e;The Wind and the Sun,"e; "e;The Farmer and the Stork,"e; "e;The Lioness,"e; "e;The Brash Candlelight,"e; "e;The Old Woman and the Physician,"e; "e;The Mole and Her Mother,"e; "e;The Swallow and the Crow,"e; "e;The Man Bitten by a Dog,"e; "e;The Fox and the Grapes,"e; "e;The Monkey and the Dolphin,"e; "e;The Hares and the Frogs,"e; and many, many more.

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