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Another fable from Aesop’s Fables. I’m all with the frogs today… one sun is enough for me! The Frogs’ Complaint Against the Sun Once upon a time, when the Sun announced his intention to take a wife, the Frogs lifted up their voices in clamor to the sky. Jupiter, disturbed by the noise of their croaking, inquired [...] The Seattle area has been suffering through an unusually hot patch of weather so I thought I’d post some stories related to the sun… The below is from Aesop’s Fables. The North Wind and the Sun The North Wind and the Sun disputed as to which was the most powerful, and agreed that he should be declared [...] Another hedgehog related piece from An Argosy Of Fables: A Representative Selection From The Fable Literature Of Every Age And Land. This time it is a fable by Henri Richer (1685-1748), a French lawyer turned author. The Snake And The Hedgehog Soon as he felt the winter frists begin, The below African tale is taken from An Argosy Of Fables: A Representative Selection From The Fable Literature Of Every Age And Land, and is one of a few tales featuring a hedgehog present in the book. The Hedgehog and the Dog were formerly good friends, and cultivated bananas together. When the bananas were full-grown, [...] The below tale is taken from René Basset’s 1901 Moorish Literature, page 216, and found in the chapter titled ‘Popular Tales of the Berbers’. The Hedgehog, The Jackal, And The Lion Once upon a time the jackal went in search of the hedgehog and said to it: “Come along. I know a garden of onions. We will [...] Not to long ago I received Kindle 2, but have found that I really haven’t used it too much. I’m very much a dead tree book type. But, today before taking my son to the park, I decided I would see what free books I could find at Amazon so I might have something to [...] |
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