The Gods (Davies)
- the gods laughed at the baby but everyone sees beauty differently
- Jupiter accepted Apollo's challenge to archery but Jupiter can step as far as Apollo can shoot, so what's the point
- people worship Hercules, but he can't really help since he's not a god. You have to help yourself.
- a cat asked Venus to change her to a woman so she can marry the man she loves. On their wedding night, a mouse ran past and she pounced on it. Her nature wasn't changed even though her form did.
- man is to carry his burdens on his back. It's easy for us to see others' burdens but not our own.
- the peacock goes to Juno about his jealousy of the nightingale's pretty voice.
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| Goose that lay the golden egg (source: wikipedia) |
Fables about People (Boothby)
- the man cut up the goose who lay golden eggs to find nothing
- people abuse power; if people saw the wolf eating a feast, they would complain, but it's normal for humans.
- the trumpeter tried to get out of fighting by saying he never killed anyone, but he gets excited when fighting happens. Got shot anyway.
- the satyr questions the traveller when he blows: on his fingers to warm and his soup to cool.
- the child refused to cry A, because then they'd make him cry B too
Apes (L'Estrange)
- an ape had twins, and she favors one of them. While running away she grabs her favorite and swings the other onto her back. In her haste she slams against a stone, killing the favorite, but the one on her back was perfectly safe.
- there is an Ape training school where the final is a dance. Someone threw the apples at the apes and they all abandoned everything and dove for them. Nature is always stronger.
Foxes (Smart)
- the fox tricked the crow into giving him the cheese
- the fox poured soup into a dish, the stork cannot drink. The stork served the fox soup in a long-necked bottle, the fox cannot drink from it either.
- the fox tricks the goat into going down the well and leaving it there while he escapes
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