Fifty Famous Fables
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RESULTS OF GREEDINESS
27. THE GREEDY DOG 28. THE GOOSE THAT LAID GOLD EGGS
DESIRABILITY OF CONTENTMENT
29. THE DONKEY AND HIS MASTERS 30. THE COBBLER AND THE RICH MAN
VALUE OF THINKING FOR ONESELF
31. THE ICE KING 32. THE WOLF, THE GOAT, AND THE KID 33. THE WISE GOAT 34. THE SHEPHERD AND THE DOGS 35. THE BOY AND THE NUTS 36. THE CROW AND THE PITCHER 37. THE GROCER AND HIS DONKEY 38. THE THREE FISH
WISDOM OF SELF-RELIANCE
39. THE WAGONER 40. THE LARK AND THE FARMER
KINDNESS AND ITS RESULTS
41. THE LION AND THE MOUSE 42. THE ANT AND THE DOVE 43. THE HAPPY FAMILY 44. THE TYRANT WHO BECAME A JUST RULER
MISCELLANEOUS
WISDOM OF PERSEVERANCE
45. THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE
FOLLY OF TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYBODY
46. THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR DONKEY
APPEARANCES SOMETIMES DECEITFUL
47. THE PUG DOG AND HIS SHADOW
PUNISHMENT OF TREACHERY
48. THE