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1、Aesop’sFablesByAesopDownloadfreeeBooksofclassicliterature,booksandnovelsatPlaneteBook.SubscribetoourfreeeBooksblogandemailnewsletter.TheCockandthePearlAcockwasoncestruttingupanddownthefarmyardamongthehenswhensuddenlyheespiedsomethingshin-ningamidthestraw.‘Ho!ho!’quothhe,‘that’sforme,’andsoonro
2、oteditoutfrombeneaththestraw.WhatdiditturnouttobebutaPearlthatbysomechancehadbeenlostintheyard?‘Youmaybeatreasure,’quothMasterCock,‘tomenthatprizeyou,butformeIwouldratherhaveasinglebarley-cornthanapeckofpearls.’Preciousthingsareforthosethatcanprizethem.Aesop’sFablesTheWolfandtheLambOnceuponat
3、imeaWolfwaslappingataspringonahill-side,when,lookingup,whatshouldheseebutaLambjustbeginningtodrinkalittlelowerdown.‘There’smysupper,’thoughthe,‘ifonlyIcanfindsomeexcusetoseizeit.’ThenhecalledouttotheLamb,‘HowdareyoumuddlethewaterfromwhichIamdrinking?’‘Nay,master,nay,’saidLambikin;‘ifthewaterbe
4、muddyupthere,Icannotbethecauseofit,foritrunsdownfromyoutome.’‘Well,then,’saidtheWolf,‘whydidyoucallmebadnamesthistimelastyear?’‘Thatcannotbe,’saidtheLamb;‘Iamonlysixmonthsold.’‘Idon’tcare,’snarledtheWolf;‘ifitwasnotyouitwasyourfather;’andwiththatherusheduponthepoorlittleLambandateherallup.Butb
5、eforeshediedshegaspedout.’Anyexcusewillserveatyrant.’FreeeBooksatPlaneteBook.comTheDogandtheShadowIthappenedthataDoghadgotapieceofmeatandwascar-ryingithomeinhismouthtoeatitinpeace.Nowonhiswayhomehehadtocrossaplanklyingacrossarunningbrook.Ashecrossed,helookeddownandsawhisownshadowre-flectedint
6、hewaterbeneath.Thinkingitwasanotherdogwithanotherpieceofmeat,hemadeuphismindtohavethatalso.Sohemadeasnapattheshadowinthewater,butasheopenedhismouththepieceofmeatfellout,droppedintothewaterandwasneverseenmore.Bewarelestyoulosethesubstancebygraspingattheshadow.Aesop’sFablesTheLion’sShareTheLion
7、wentoncea-huntingalongwiththeFox,theJackal,andtheWolf.TheyhuntedandtheyhuntedtillatlasttheysurprisedaStag,andsoontookitslife.Thencametheques-tionhowthespoilshouldbedivided.‘QuartermethisStag,’roaredtheLion;sotheotheranimalsskinneditandc
