Fables and Characters

Hercules and the Waggoner
-  This fable was about a waggoner whose wheels got stuck in the mud and instead of getting out to try and fix the situation himself he prayed to Hercules, and Hercules came to him and told him to try to solve the situation instead asking for help right away.  The moral was, "The gods help them that help themselves."
A Young Theif and His Mother
-  I loved this fable.  It was about a young thief who got caught and sent to jail and was about to be executed, but before he got executed his only wish was to see his mother.  When his mother came he almost bit her ear off and when he was asked why he did that he said that she had seen him seeing as a child but would laugh and say that it would not e noticed, so she is part to blame for his misfortune.  The moral was that, "Moral of Aesops Fable: Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is
old he will not depart therefrom."
The Old Man and Death
- There was an old man who wished to die and his wish came true.  The moral was, "Moral of Aesops Fable: We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified."
The Miser and His Gold
- This fable was about a man who kept his gold a the foot of a tree but never used it.  He would dig it up every day just to look at it and one day a robber saw him doing this and stole all his gole.  The moral was, "Wealth unused might as well not exist."
The Woodman and the Serpant
-  There was a woodman who found a serpant lying in the snow, he thought that it was dying so he took it home to put in front of the fire.  After he put the snake by the fire one of his kids was stroking the snake and the snake rose and was about to attack but then the man killed it witha an axe.  The moral was. "No gratitude from the wicked."
The Thief and the House-Dog
-  A thief came into the night trying to bribe a house-dog and the house dog saw righ through it.  The moral was, "He who offers bribes needs watching, for his intentions are not honest."
The Lion in Love
-  This one was about a lion who fell in love, he went to the young lady's parents to ask for her hand in marriage.  They wanted to say no but were scared so they told him to go cut his nails and remove his teeth and then come back.  He loved the girl so much that he did but then the parents laughed at hima dn made fun of him.  The moral was,"Love can tame the wildest."
The Man and the Serpant
-  A mans son stepped on the tail of a snake and the snake killed him, so the man tried to revenge him by cutting the snakes tail off.  The snake got mad and killed all the mans cattle after that the man tried to call a truce but the snake didn't want one. The moral was, "Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten."
The Peacock an Juno
-  A peacock came to the Juno asking for it's voice to add on to its own beauty, and even though it had enough and the Juno said no.  The moral was, "Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything."
The Monley and the Dolphine
- In this fable there was a monkey who need help swimming and a dolphine came to help him cause he thought that the monkey was a human.  When they got to shore the dolphine asked the moneky if he was Athenian and he said yes, then he asked if he knew this noble family and the monley said yes to keep up with the lie, the dolphine found out he was lying and drowned him.  The moral was, " He who once begins to tell falsehoods is obliged to tell others to make them appear true, and, sooner or later, they will get him into trouble."
The Bundle of Sticks
- An old man was dying, and before he died he called for his sons, when they came her gave the eldest a bundle of sticks and told him to break it but he couldnt neither could the rest, but when he told them to break it one by one they could. The moral was, "Union gives strength."