Fables for Children

By Leo Tolstoy

Famed Russian author Leo Tolstoy offers us this collection of Aesop's fables. The characters are talking animals, the tales are short and sweet, and yet loaded with bouts of wisdom. He also included several fables of Hindu origin.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Apr 10, 2021
• ISBN: 4064066317188

Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 in Tula, near Moscow. His parents, who both died when he was young, belonged to the Russian nobility, and to the end of his life Tolstoy remained conscious of his aristocratic status. His novels, ‘War and Peace’ and ‘Anna Karenina’ are literary classics and he is revered as one of the greatest writers of the nineteenth century. He died in 1910 at the age of 82.

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Leo Tolstoy

Fables for Children

Published by Good Press, 2022

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EAN 4064066317188

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Aesop's Fables

THE ANT AND THE DOVE

THE TURTLE AND THE EAGLE

THE POLECAT

THE LION AND THE MOUSE

THE LIAR

THE ASS AND THE HORSE

THE JACKDAW AND THE DOVES

THE WOMAN AND THE HEN

THE LION, THE BEAR, AND THE FOX

THE DOG, THE COCK, AND THE FOX

THE HORSE AND THE GROOM

THE FROG AND THE LION

THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANTS

THE HEN AND THE GOLDEN EGGS

THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN

THE HEN AND THE SWALLOW

THE STAG AND THE FAWN

THE FOX AND THE GRAPES

THE MAIDS AND THE COCK

THE FISHERMAN AND THE FISH

THE FOX AND THE GOAT

THE DOG AND HER SHADOW

THE CRANE AND THE STORK

THE GARDENER AND HIS SONS

THE WOLF AND THE CRANE

THE HARES AND THE FROGS

THE FATHER AND HIS SONS

THE FOX

THE WILD ASS AND THE TAME ASS

THE STAG

THE DOG AND THE WOLF

THE GNAT AND THE LION

THE HORSE AND HIS MASTERS

THE OLD MAN AND DEATH

THE LION AND THE FOX

THE STAG AND THE VINEYARD

THE CAT AND THE MICE

THE WOLF AND THE GOAT

THE REEDS AND THE OLIVE-TREE

THE TWO COMPANIONS

THE WOLF AND THE LAMB

THE LION, THE WOLF, AND THE FOX

THE LION, THE ASS, AND THE FOX

THE PEASANT AND THE WATER-SPRITE

THE RAVEN AND THE FOX

Adaptations and Imitations of Hindoo Fables

THE SNAKE'S HEAD AND TAIL

FINE THREAD

THE PARTITION OF THE INHERITANCE

THE MONKEY

THE MONKEY AND THE PEASE

THE MILCH COW

THE DUCK AND THE MOON

THE WOLF IN THE DUST

THE MOUSE UNDER THE GRANARY

THE BEST PEARS

THE FALCON AND THE COCK

THE JACKALS AND THE ELEPHANT

THE HERON, THE FISHES, AND THE CRAB

THE WATER - SPRITE AND THE PEARL

THE BLIND MAN AND THE MILK

THE WOLF AND THE BOW

THE BIRDS IN THE NET

THE KING AND THE FALCON

THE KING AND THE ELEPHANTS

WHY THERE IS EVIL IN THE WORLD

THE WOLF AND THE HUNTERS

THE TWO PEASANTS

THE PEASANT AND THE HOUSE

THE TWO HORSES

THE AXE AND THE SAW

THE DOGS AND THE COOK

THE HARE AND THE HARRIER

THE OAK AND THE HAZELBUSH

THE HEN AND THE CHICKS

THE CORN-CRAKE AND HIS MATE

THE COW AND THE BILLY GOAT

THE FOX'S TAIL

Aesop's Fables

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THE ANT AND THE DOVE

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AN Ant came down to the brook: he wanted to drink. A wave washed him down and almost drowned him. A Dove was carrying a branch; she saw the Ant was drown- ing, so she cast the branch down to him in the brook. The Ant got up on the branch and was saved. Then a hunter placed a snare for the Dove, and was on the