A Hundred Fables of La Fontaine. Jean de la Fontaine
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Heron.
The Head and the Tail of the Serpent.
The Dog And His Master's Dinner.
The Hog, the Goat, and the Sheep.
The Two Dogs and the Dead Ass.
The Dog whose Ears were Cropped.
The Old Cat and the Young Mouse.
The Quarrel of the Dogs and Cats.
The Ass Dressed in the Lion's Skin.
The Fox, the Wolf, and the horse.
The Earthen Pot and the Iron Pot.
The Bear and the Two Companions.
The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox
The Battle of the Rats and Weasels.
The Animals Sick of the Plague.
The Grasshopper and the Ant.
A grasshopper gay
Sang the summer away,
And found herself poor
By the winter's first roar.
Of meat or of bread,
Not a morsel she had!
So a-begging she went,
To her neighbour the ant,
For the loan of some wheat,
Which would serve her to eat,
Till the season came round.
"I will pay you," she saith,
"On an animal's faith,
Double weight in the pound
Ere the harvest be bound."
The ant is a friend
(And here she might mend)
Little given to lend.
"How spent you the summer?"
Quoth she, looking shame