Reading pages 1-10 I read about 38 stories that all told different tales. I will go into more detail about a few of the stories below.
The story of the Eagle and the Jackdaw was very interesting. The jackdaw saw an eagle capture a lamb in his claws and fly away with it. The jackdaw thought to do the same thing and came down on a ram only to get his claws stuck in the wool. Unable to fly away, the jackdaw was captured and made into a pet by the farmer of the sheep. The lesson was to not let vanity overestimate your abilities.
The next story I will go into more detail about is the two goats. There once was a chasm that a tree trunk had formed a bridge over. The path was too narrow for many creatures to cross but both goats challenged each other to get across at the same time. When meeting in the middle, both goats pushed at the other to try to move around them. And both fell and were swept away by the current below. The message was to yield and not come to misfortune through being stubborn.
The last story I will talk about is called the Dog and His Master's Dinner. A dog had been taught to carry his master's dinner to him every day. The smell lured the neighborhood dogs to him, and they all tried to steal it from the dog. They were always unsuccessful, so they decided to team up. The master's dog tried to run from them but stopped to argue. This was his downfall because the gods caught up with him and stole the dinner minus what the dog had taken for his master. The message of this story was to not stop to argue with temptation.
All stories taken from The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter.
(Caption: Jackdaw by Picryl.com)
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