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The Old Man And Death
An old labourer, bent double with age and toil, was gathering sticks in a forest. At last he grew so tired and hopeless that he threw down the bundle of sticks, and cried out: "I cannot bear this life any longer. Ah, I wish Death would only come and take me!"
As he spoke, Death, a grisly skeleton, appeared and said to him: "What wouldst thou, Mortal? I heard thee call me."
"Please, sir," replied the woodcutter, "would you kindly help me to lift this faggot of sticks on to my shoulder?"
Aesop's Fables
Table of Contents
- The Cock And The Pearl 9
- The Wolf And The Lamb 10
- The Dog And The Shadow 12
- The Lion's Share 14
- The Wolf And The Crane 16
- The Man And The Serpent 18
- The Town Mouse And The Country Mouse 20
- The Fox And The Crow 23
- The Sick Lion 25
- The Ass And The Lapdog 27
- The Lion And The Mouse 29
- The Swallow And The Other Birds 31
- The Frogs Desiring A King 33
- The Mountains In Labour 36
- The Hares And The Frogs 38
- The Wolf And The Kid 40
- The Woodman And The Serpent 41
- The Bald Man And The Fly 43
- The Fox And The Stork 44
- The Fox And The Mask 46
- The Jay And The Peacock 47
- The Serpent And The File 53
- The Man And The Wood 54
- The Dog And The Wolf 55
- The Belly And The Members 57
- The Hart In The Ox-stall 59
- The Fox And The Grapes 61
- The Horse, Hunter, And Stag 62
- The Peacock And Juno 64
- The Fox And The Lion 65
- The Lion And The Statue 66
- The Ant And The Grasshopper 67
- The Tree And The Reed 69
- The Fox And The Cat 71
- The Wolf In Sheep's Clothing 73
- The Dog In The Manger 75
- The Man And The Wooden God 76
- The Fisher 77
- The Shepherd's Boy 78
- The Young Thief And His Mother 80
- The Man And His Two Wives 82
- The Nurse And The Wolf 84
- The Tortoise And The Birds 86
- The Two Crabs 88
- The Ass In The Lion's Skin 89
- The Two Fellows And The Bear 91
- The Two Pots 93
- The Four Oxen And The Lion 94
- The Fisher And The Little Fish 95
- Avaricious And Envious 96
- The Crow And The Pitcher 98
- The Man And The Satyr 100
- The Goose With The Golden Eggs 102
- The Labourer And The Nightingale 104
- The Fox, The Cock, And The Dog 106
- The Wind And The Sun 108
- Hercules And The Waggoner 110
- The Man, The Boy, And The Donkey 112
- The Miser And His Gold 115
- The Fox And The Mosquitoes 117
- The Fox Without A Tail 119
- The One-eyed Doe 121
- Belling The Cat 122
- The Hare And The Tortoise 124
- The Old Man And Death 126
- The Hare With Many Friends 128
- The Lion In Love 130
- The Bundle Of Sticks 132
- The Lion, The Fox, And The Beasts 134
- The Ass's Brains 136
- The Eagle And The Arrow 138
- The Milkmaid And Her Pail 139
- The Cat-maiden 141
- The Horse And The Ass 143
- The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner 144
- The Buffoon And The Countryman 145
- The Old Woman And The Wine-jar 147
- The Fox And The Goat 148
- The End 150
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