The Straw, The Coal and the Bean
The Straw, The Coal and the Bean Level 1 In a small village, an old woman lives in a little house. One day, she wants to cook some beans. She makes a hot fire with
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The Straw, The Coal and the Bean Level 1 In a small village, an old woman lives in a little house. One day, she wants to cook some beans. She makes a hot fire with
By Aesop Two Travellers, walking in the noonday sun, sought the shade of a widespreading tree to rest. As they lay looking up among the pleasant leaves, they saw that it was a Plane Tree.
The Gnat and The Bull By Aesop A Gnat flew over the meadow with much buzzing for so small a creature and settled on the tip of one of the horns of a Bull. After
The Shepherd Boy and The Wolf By Aesop A Shepherd Boy tended his master’s Sheep near a dark forest not far from the village. Soon he found life in the pasture very dull. All he
The Ass and His Driver By Aesop An Ass was being driven along a road leading down the mountain side, when he suddenly took it into his silly head to choose his own path. He
The Wolf and the Crane By Aesop A Wolf had been feasting too greedily, and a bone had stuck crosswise in his throat. He could get it neither up nor down, and of course he
In 'The Bundle of Sticks' by Aesop, a father teaches his quarreling sons a valuable lesson about the strength of unity. Unable to break a bundle of sticks together, but easily breaking them individually, the
The Fox and the Grapes By Aesop A Fox one day spied a beautiful bunch of ripe grapes hanging from a vine trained along the branches of a tree. The grapes seemed ready to burst
By Aesop A frisky young Kid had been left by the herdsman on the thatched roof of a sheep shelter to keep him out of harm’s way. The Kid was browsing near the edge of
The Swineherd By Hans Christian Andersen There was once a poor Prince, who had a kingdom. His kingdom was very small, but still quite large enough to marry upon; and he wished to marry. It
The Mice once called a meeting to decide on a plan to free themselves of their enemy, the Cat. At least they wished to find some way of knowing when she was coming, so they
By Aesop An Ox came down to a reedy pool to drink. As he splashed heavily into the water, he crushed a young Frog into the mud. The old Frog soon missed the little one
By Aesop “Why in the world do you walk sideways like that?” said a Mother Crab to her son. “You should always walk straight forward with your toes turned out.” “Show me how to
By Aesop There was once a little Kid whose growing horns made him think he was a grown-up Billy Goat and able to take care of himself. So one evening when the flock started home
By Aesop A poor Woodman was cutting down a tree near the edge of a deep pool in the forest. It was late in the day and the Woodman was tired. He had been working