the lion and the mouse . the ants and the grasshopper .
´ pictures by sergio fernandes
the dog and the shadow
art direction by laura cortes
´ pictures by sergio fernandes
First published in 2012 by Simply Read Books www.simplyreadbooks.com http://www.behance.net/LolaCortes Characters, set design, art direction, and diaramas by Laura Cortes Illustrations by Sérgio Fernandes Colour separations by Scanlab ©2012 Laura Cortes & Sérgio Fernandes Printed and bound in Italy by Grafiche AZ, Veron All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. Cataloguing in Publication Data Cortes, Laura 1988-. Aesop’s Fables/Laura Cortes, Sérgio Fernandes ISBN 0-9688768-9-7
PS8576.I8865S96 2003
jC813’.6
C2002-911364-4
WE WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO THANK Robin Mirchell for providing guidance to the project
PZ7.M6949Su 2003
the lion and the mouse . the dog and the shadow . the ants and the grasshopper
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The lion and the mouse
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Lion was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face.
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ising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying:
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If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness.
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he Lion laughed and let him go. It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by st ropes to the ground.
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he Mouse, recognizing his roar, came gnawed the rope with his teeth, and set him free, exclaim
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“Y
ou ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; I now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to con benefits on a Lion.
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Moral
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The dog and the shadow
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Dog, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water and took it for that of another dog, with a piece of meat double his own size.
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e immediately let go of his own, and fiercely attacked the other Dog to get his larger piece from him.
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H
e thus lost both: that which whe grasped at in the water, because it was a shadow; and his own, because the stream swept it away.
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Moral
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The ants and the grasshopper
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he Ants were spending a fine winter’s day drying grain collected in the summertime.
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Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food.
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he Ants inquired of him,
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Why did you not treasure up food during the summer?
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e replied,
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I had not leisure enough. I passed the days in singing.
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hey then said in derision:
If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance
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supperless to bed in the winter.
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Moral
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