A CROW, half-dead with thirst, came upon a Pitcher which had once been full of water; but when the Crow put its beak into the mouth of the Pitcher he found that only very little water was left in it, and that he could not reach far enough down to get at it.

A dog looking out for its afternoon nap jumped into the manger of an ox and lay there cosily upon the straw.

It happened that a FOX caught its tail in a trap, and in struggling to release himself lost all of it but the stump.

THE Frogs were living as happy as could be in a marshy swamp that just suited them; they went splashing about caring for nobody and nobody troubling with them.

A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree.