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Автор: Jean de la Fontaine
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Heron.

       The Head and the Tail of the Serpent.

       The Dog And His Master's Dinner.

       The Joker and the Fishes.

       The Rat and the Oyster.

       The Hog, the Goat, and the Sheep.

       The Rat and the Elephant.

       The Ass and the Dog.

       Education.

       The Two Dogs and the Dead Ass.

       The Monkey and the Leopard.

       The Acorn and the Pumpkin.

       The Fool who Sold Wisdom.

       The Oyster and the Litigants.

       The Wolf and the Lean Dog.

       Nothing too Much.

       The Cat and the Fox.

       The Monkey and the Cat.

       The Spider and the Swallow.

       The Dog whose Ears were Cropped.

       The Lioness and the Bear.

       The Mice and the Owl.

       The Cat and the Two Sparrows.

       The Two Goats.

       The Old Cat and the Young Mouse.

       The Sick Stag

       The Quarrel of the Dogs and Cats.

       The Wolf and the Fox.

       The Lobster and her Daughter.

       The Ploughman and his Sons.

       The Ass Dressed in the Lion's Skin.

       The Woods and the Woodman.

       The Fox, the Wolf, and the horse.

       The Fox and the Turkeys.

       The Wallet.

       The Woodman and Mercury.

       The Lion and the Monkey.

       The Shepherd and the Lion.

       The Horse and the Wolf.

       The Eagle and the Owl.

       The Miser and the Monkey.

       The Vultures and the Pigeons.

       The Stag and the Vine.

       The Earthen Pot and the Iron Pot.

       The Bear and the Two Companions.

       The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox

       The Battle of the Rats and Weasels.

       The Animals Sick of the Plague.

       Table of Contents

      A grasshopper gay

       Sang the summer away,

       And found herself poor

       By the winter's first roar.

       Of meat or of bread,

       Not a morsel she had!

       So a-begging she went,

       To her neighbour the ant,

       For the loan of some wheat,

       Which would serve her to eat,

       Till the season came round.

       "I will pay you," she saith,

       "On an animal's faith,

       Double weight in the pound

       Ere the harvest be bound."

       The ant is a friend

       (And here she might mend)

       Little given to lend.

       "How spent you the summer?"

       Quoth she, looking shame