Fables of Aesop; Volume I

A collection of 4 fables written by Aesop. A slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece.

Intermediate

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The Dog and the Shadow.
It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace. Now on his way home he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook. As he crossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath.