Aesop was a storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop’s Fables. The life of Aesop is in obscurity. There is nothing much to reply on with any degree of certainty in reference to the birth, life, and death of Aesop.
Aesop’s Fables includes most of the best-known fables. Aesop’s short stories are read by kids all over the world. There is every type and time of fable: but there is only one moral to the fable; because there is only one moral to everything.
Following is the collection of Aesop’s fables. These should be read to every young child as it is an ingenious method of conveying advice and instruction.
Aesop’s Fables
- A Raven and a Swan
- Belling the Cat
- Hercules and the Wagoner
- Jupiter and the Monkey
- Mercury and the Woodman
- The Animals and the Plague
- The Ant and the Dove
- The Ant and the Grasshopper
- The Ass and His Driver
- The Ass and His Shadow
- The Ass and the Grasshoppers
- The Ass and the Lap Dog
- The Ass and the Load of Salt
- The Ass Carrying the Image
- The Ass in the Lion’s Skin
- The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion
- The Astrologer
- The Bat and the Weasels
- The Bear and the Bees
- The Bees and Wasps, and the Hornet
- The Birds, the Beasts, and the Bat
- The Boy and the Filberts
- The Boy and the Nettles
- The Boy Who Cried Wolf
- The Boys and the Frogs
- The Bull and the Goat
- The Bundle of Sticks
- The Cat and the Birds
- The Cat and the Fox
- The Cat and the Old Rat
- The Cat, the Cock, and the Young Mouse
- The Cock and the Fox
- The Cock and the Jewel
- The Crow and the Pitcher
- The Dog and His Master’s Dinner
- The Dog and His Reflection
- The Dog and the Oyster
- The Dog in the Manger
- The Dog, the Cock, and the Fox
- The Dogs and the Fox
- The Dogs and the Hides
- The Eagle and the Beetle
- The Eagle and the Jackdaw
- The Eagle and the Kite
- The Farmer and His Sons
- The Farmer and the Cranes
- The Farmer and the Stork
- The Fighting Bulls and the Frog
- The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle
- The Fisherman and the Little Fish
- The Flies and the Honey
- The Fox and the Cock
- The Fox and the Crab
- The Fox and the Crow
- The Fox and the Goat
- The Fox and the Grapes
- The Fox and the Hedgehog
- The Fox and the Leopard
- The Fox and the Lion
- The Fox and the Monkey
- The Fox and the Pheasants
- The Fox and the Stork
- The Fox Without a Tail
- The Frog and the Mouse
- The Frogs and the Ox
- The Frogs Who Wished for a King
- The Gnat and the Bull
- The Goatherd and the Goat
- The Goatherd and the Wild Goats
- The Goose and the Golden Egg
- The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs
- The Hare and His Ears
- The Hare and the Tortoise
- The Hares and the Frogs
- The Heron
- The Kid and the Wolf
- The Lark and Her Young Ones
- The Leap at Rhodes
- The Lion and the Ass
- The Lion and the Gnat
- The Lion and the Mouse
- The Lion, the Ass, and the Fox
- The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox
- The Lion’s Share
- The Man and the Lion
- The Man and the Satyr
- The Mice and the Weasels
- The Milkmaid and Her Pail
- The Miller, His Son, and the Ass
- The Mischievous Dog
- The Miser
- The Mole and his Mother
- The Monkey and the Camel
- The Monkey and the Cat
- The Monkey and the Dolphin
- The Mother and the Wolf
- The Mouse and the Weasel
- The Mule
- The North Wind and the Sun
- The Oak and the Reeds
- The Old Lion and the Fox
- The Old Lion
- The Owl and the Grasshopper
- The Oxen and the Wheels
- The Peacock and the Crane
- The Peacock
- The Plane Tree
- The Porcupine and the Snakes
- The Quack Toad
- The Rabbit, the Weasel, and the Cat
- The Rat and the Elephant
- The Rose and the Butterfly
- The Serpent and the Eagle
- The Sheep and the Pig
- The Shepherd and the Lion
- The Sick Stag
- The Spendthrift and the Swallow
- The Stag and His Reflection
- The Stag, the Sheep, and the Wolf
- The Swallow and the Crow
- The Tortoise and the Ducks
- The Tortoise and The Hare
- The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
- The Travelers and the Purse
- The Travelers and the Sea
- The Two Goats
- The Two Pots
- The Vain Jackdaw and his Borrowed Feathers
- The Wild Boar and the Fox
- The Wolf and His Shadow
- The Wolf and the Ass
- The Wolf and the Crane
- The Wolf and the Goat
- The Wolf and the House Dog
- The Wolf and the Kid
- The Wolf and the Lamb
- The Wolf and the Lean Dog
- The Wolf and the Lion
- The Wolf and the Sheep
- The Wolf and the Shepherd
- The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
- The Wolf, the Kid, and the Goat
- The Wolves and the Sheep
- The Young Crab and His Mother
- Three Bullocks and a Lion
- Two Travelers and a Bear