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Fables of Aesop: A New Translation by S. A. Handford, with Illustrations by Brian Robb PDF

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THE PENGUIN CLASSICS EDITED BY E. V. RIEU L43 --- \- - -~ [ ~ FABLES OF AESOP A NEW TRANSLATION BY S. A. HANDFORD WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY BRIAN ROBB PENGUIN BOOKS MELBOURNE·LONDON·BALTIMORE PenguinBooks Ltd, Harmoadswcrth,Middlesex U.S.A.'PenguinBooksIae.,3300Clipper MillRoad, Baltimoren,Md [Eaucatio"aIRlp"""t"t;".: D. C.alat"&-Co.•:185Colu",ousA..."....BOlto"16,M......j AUSTRALIA' PenguinBooks Pty Ltd, 762WhitehorseRoad, Mitcham, Victoria CANADA' Penguin Books(Canada)Ltd, 47GreenStreet, SaintLambert.Montreal,P.Q. Made and printedinGreat Britain by R. &R. Clark Ltd, Edinburgh Firstpublished r954 ,Contents INTRODUCTION J. THE FABLE IN GREECE BEFORE AESOP xiii 2. AESOP XIV 3. LATER HISTORY OF THE FABLE XVI 4. THE ANONYMOUS COLLECTIONS xviii S. SUBJECT"MATTER OF THE FABLES xix TRANSLATION I. A CASE FOR PATIENCE 2. FRIEND OR FOEr 4 3. SOUR GRAPES S 4. ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS 6 S. FOOLS DIE FOR WANT OF WISDOM 1 6. DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES 8 7. LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP 9 8. CUT OFF YOUR TAILS TO SAVE MY FACE! 10 9. THE FOX AND THE MASK H 10. A LESSON FOR FOOLS U H. ONE"WAY TRAFFIC 13 12.. REAPING WITHOUT SOWING 14 13. TAUGHT BY EXPERIENCE IS 14. THE FOX OUT"FOXED 16 IS. BLOOD"SUCKERS 11 16. MEN AND LIONS 18 17. IT IS QUALITY NOT QUANTITY THAT COUNTS 19 18. DISARMED 2.0 19. THIRD"PARTY PROFIT 21 2.0. A BIRD IN THE HAND 22 21. THE LION'S SHARE 23 v 22. A COMPANION IN FEAR 24 23. THE MIGHTY FALLEN 25 24. A RESPECTER OF PERSONS 26 25. NEGOTIATING FROM WEAKNESS 27 26. A PLOTTER OUT~PLOTTED 28 27. THE WAGES OF TREACHERY 29 28. ALWAYS IN THE WRONG 30 29. KINDNESS ILL REQUITED 31 30. THE POT CALLS THE KETTLE BLACK 32 31. A COMMUNIST DICTATOR 33 32. MISPLACED CONFIDENCE J.4 33. BORN PLUNDERERS 35 34. TRYING TO MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A 36 sow's EAR 35. DELUSION 37 36. A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY 38 37. SECOND THOUGHTS 39 38. READY FOR ACTION 40 39. AS GOOD AS HIS WORD 41 40. PRIDE WILL HAVE A FALL 42 41. TOWN MOUSE AND COUNTRY MOUSE 43 42. WE GET THE RULERS WE DESERVE 44 43. ONE IS ENOUGH 45 44. A VOICE AND NOTHING MORE 46 45. MAKING THE PUNISHMENT FIT THE CRIME 47 46. TOO BIG FOR HER SKIN 48 47. A LESSON LEARNT TOO LATE 49 48. DOUBLY DISABLED 50 49. THE IMITATIVE INSTINCT 51 50. A CLUMSY LIAR 52 SI. KILLED BY KINDNESS 53 52. A BLOOD FEUD 54 VI 53. EVIL FOR GOOD SS 54. CURSED ABOVE ALL CATTLE 56 SS. UNITED AGAINST THE COMMOllt FOE 57 56. THE BEST METH;OD OF DEFENCE 58 57. VENGEANCE AT ANY PRICE 59 58. A BITER BIT 60 59. ILL'JUDGED RIVALRY 61 60. CAUGHT ON THE BLIND SIDE 62 6I. BITTEN BUT NOT SHY 63 62. A BREED OF FAINT,HEARTS 66 63. THE IRONY OF FATE 67 64. HOW THE TORTOISE GOT ITS SHELL 68 65. A WASTE OF GOOD COUNSEL 69 66. SLOW BUT SURE 70 67. THE REWARD OF THE WICKED 71 68. REPAYMENT IN KIND 72 69. THE JACKDAW WHO WOULD BE AN EAGLE 73 70. HOPE DEFERRED 74 71. GETTING THE WORST OF BOTH WORLDS 75 72. BORROWED PLUMES 76 73. A BIRD IN THE HAND 77 74. BREACH OF PROMISE 78 75. RIGHT OF ASYLUM 79 76. FIRESIDE SKETCH 80 77. TIT FOR TAT 81 78. NATURE'S PUNISHMENT OF DISCONTENT 82. 79. WHEN A MAN MEANS BUSINESS 83 80. SWAN SONG 84 8I. THE VICTOft. VANQUISHED 85 82. DISCRETION IS THE BETTER PARTOF VALOUR 86 83. A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW 87 84. MISPLACED CONFIDENCE 88 VU 8S. THE LAW OF SELF-PRESERVATION 89 86. LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP 90 87. BORN TO TROUBLE 91 88. TRAITOR'S DEATH 92 89. CHERISHING A VIPER 93 90. THE PUNISHMENT OF SELFISHNESS 94 91. SAVE US IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE 9S 92. A BAD BARGAIN 96 93. FELINE SOPHISTRY 97 94. ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY 98 95. VILLAINY UNMASKED 99 96. METAMORPHOSIS 100 97. THE PATIENCE OF FEAR 101 98. NOTHING TO LOSE 102 99. HOIST WITH HER OWN PETARD 103 100. FRIENDS OLD AND NEW 104 101. ONE THING AT A TIME IOS 102. A BAD WORKMAN 106 103. SOUND AND FURY SIGNIFYING NOTHING 10'] 10+ BIRDS OF A FEATHER 108 105. COUNTING THE COST 109 106. TOO CLEVER BY HALF 110 10']. ASININE PRIDE III 108. AN ASS IN A LION'S SKIN (I) 112 109. AN ASS IN A LION'S SKIN (2) 113 110. KNOW YOUR LIMITATIONS 114 Ill. EVERY MAN TO HIS OWN TRADE lIS 112. ONE MASTER AS GOOD AS ANOTHER 116 113. FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED 117 114. EATING THE BREAD OF IDLENESS 118 lIS. RECKONING WITHOUT HIS HOST 119 116. THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEYSEEM 120 V11l

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