"The Fox and the Crow The Fox and the Crow are a pair of anthropomorphic cartoon characters created by Frank Tashlin for the studio. The characters, the refined but gullible Fauntleroy Fox and the streetwise Crawford Crow, appeared in a series of animated short subjects released by Screen Gems through its parent company, Columbia Pictures. Tashlin directed the first film in the series, the 1941 Color Rhapsody short ""The Fox and the Grapes"", based on the Aesop fable of that name. Warner Bros. animation director Chuck Jones later acknowledged this short, which features a series of blackout gags as the"
"The Fox and the Stork The Fox and the Stork, also known as ""The Fox and the Crane"", is one of Aesop's fables and is first recorded in the collection of Phaedrus. It is numbered 426 in the Perry Index. A fox invites the stork to eat with him and provides soup in a bowl, which the fox can lap up easily; however, the stork cannot drink it with its beak. The stork then invites the fox to a meal, which is served in a narrow-necked vessel. It is easy for the stork to access but impossible for the fox."
"The Fox and the Sick Lion The Fox and the Sick Lion is one of Aesop's Fables, well known from Classical times and numbered 142 in the Perry Index. There is also an Indian analogue. Interpretations of the story's meaning have differed widely in the course of two and a half millennia. A lion grown too old and weak to hunt pretended to be sick as a ruse and ate the animals that came to visit him in his cave. But the fox only greeted him from outside and, on being asked why it did not enter, replied ""Because I"
"The Ass and the Pig The Ass and the Pig is one of Aesop's Fables (Perry Index 526) that was never adopted in the West but has Eastern variants that remain popular. Their general teaching is that the easy life and seeming good fortune of others conceal a threat to their welfare. The earliest Latin version of this tale is in a poem by Phaedrus and concerns a pig that was fattened on barley and then sacrificed. The left-over grain was given to the ass, who refused it because of the fate that had overtaken the one it had previously"
"and the Country Mouse. The Ass and the Pig The Ass and the Pig is one of Aesop's Fables (Perry Index 526) that was never adopted in the West but has Eastern variants that remain popular. Their general teaching is that the easy life and seeming good fortune of others conceal a threat to their welfare. The earliest Latin version of this tale is in a poem by Phaedrus and concerns a pig that was fattened on barley and then sacrificed. The left-over grain was given to the ass, who refused it because of the fate that had overtaken the"
"The Fox and the Crow (Aesop) The Fox and the Crow is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 124 in the Perry Index. There are early Latin and Greek versions and the fable may even have been portrayed on an ancient Greek vase. The story is used as a warning against listening to flattery. In the fable a crow has found a piece of cheese and retired to a branch to eat it. A fox, wanting it for himself, flatters the crow, calling it beautiful and wondering whether its voice is as sweet to match. When it lets out a caw,"
"The Fox, the Flies and the Hedgehog The fable of the fox, the flies and the hedgehog is ascribed to Aesop’s Fables. From its beginning it was applied satirically to political leaders and is numbered 427 in the Perry Index. An enfeebled fox is plagued by flies, ticks or mosquitoes, of which a hedgehog offers to rid her. The fox refuses such help on the grounds that the insects have already gorged themselves on her blood and hardly trouble her now, but they would inevitably be succeeded by new swarms if removed. The fable is mentioned by Aristotle in his"
"The Fox and the Lion The Fox and the Lion is one of Aesop's Fables and represents a comedy of manners. It is number 10 in the Perry Index. The fable was briefly told in Classical Greek sources: 'A fox had never seen a lion before, so when she happened to meet the lion for the first time she all but died of fright. The second time she saw him, she was still afraid, but not as much as before. The third time, the fox was bold enough to go right up to the lion and speak to him.' Since"
"The Deer without a Heart The Deer without a Heart is an ancient fable, attributed to Aesop in Europe and numbered 336 in the Perry Index. It involves a deer (or an ass in Eastern versions) who was twice persuaded by a wily fox to visit the ailing lion. After the lion had killed it, the fox stole and ate the deer's heart. When asked where it is, the fox reasoned that an animal so foolish as to visit a lion in his den cannot have had one, an argument that reflects the ancient belief that the heart was the"
"sixteen lines to relate the story told of a “Lazar” (leper) and fifteen to draw the moral. The Fox, the Flies and the Hedgehog The fable of the fox, the flies and the hedgehog is ascribed to Aesop’s Fables. From its beginning it was applied satirically to political leaders and is numbered 427 in the Perry Index. An enfeebled fox is plagued by flies, ticks or mosquitoes, of which a hedgehog offers to rid her. The fox refuses such help on the grounds that the insects have already gorged themselves on her blood and hardly trouble her now, but they"
"scared everyone until they learned more about him, and now he is used for menial work. The Fox and the Lion The Fox and the Lion is one of Aesop's Fables and represents a comedy of manners. It is number 10 in the Perry Index. The fable was briefly told in Classical Greek sources: 'A fox had never seen a lion before, so when she happened to meet the lion for the first time she all but died of fright. The second time she saw him, she was still afraid, but not as much as before. The third time, the"
"is attached and sets fire to its nest. The roasted chicks tumble to the foot of the tree, where they are eaten by the fox. This version predates Aesop, since Archilochus (c.650 BCE) relates how the friendship between the two is betrayed and the fox appeals to Zeus. By the time of Aristophanes, however, the story of the bad alliance between the two creatures is attributed to Aesop. During the Renaissance the fable was made the subject of two Latin poems by Hieronymus Osius and another by Gabriele Faerno. In the contemporary ""Fables d’Esope"" by Gilles Corrozet (1547), as in"
"Aesop could not have known. The Crab and the Fox The tale of the crab and the fox is of Greek origin and is counted as one of Aesop's fables; it is numbered 116 in the Perry Index. The moral is that one comes to grief through not sticking to one’s allotted role in life The Greek version of the story (Καρκῖνος καὶ Ἀλώπηξ) is pithily told and concerns a crab that abandons the seashore and crawls into a neighbouring meadow where it is eaten by a fox. The comment there is that “this fable shows that people are bound"
"you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces; you do not enter yourselves, nor will you let others enter."" The fable does not appear in any of the traditional collections of Aesop's Fables and is not attributed to him until Steinhöwel's ""Esopus"" (c. 1476). There it is titled ""Of the envious dog"" (""de cane invido"") and illustrates a moral proposition: ""People frequently begrudge something to others that they themselves cannot enjoy. Even though it does them no good, they won't let others have it."" After the cattle that it hinders from eating remonstrate with it, Steinhöwel goes"
"""Aesop's Fables""—though the tale is a beast fable, not Aesopic. A probable source of the tale is Petrus Alfonsi's ""Disciplina clericalis"", which has the same three motifs: the rash promise of the husbandman; the wolf mistaking the moon for cheese; and the wolf that descends into the well via a bucket, thereby trapping himself and freeing the fox. However, the discussion of legality and the questioning of language that take place alongside these motifs are entirely Henryson's invention. Whereas the moral of Alfonsi's tale explains that the wolf lost both the oxen and the cheese because he ""relinquished what was"
"of the chapter. In the fourth reading (, ""aliyah""), Moses prohibited the Israelites from gashing themselves or shaving the front of their heads because of the dead. A closed portion (, ""setumah"") ends with In the continuation of the reading, Moses prohibited the Israelites from eating anything abhorrent. Among land animals, they could eat ox, sheep, goat, deer, gazelle, roebuck, wild goat, ibex, antelope, mountain sheep, and any other animal that has true hoofs that are cleft in two and chews cud. But the Israelites were not to eat or touch the carcasses of camel, hare, daman, or swine. A"
"include the 35 franc air mail stamp issued by Dahomey in 1995 to commemorate the tricentenary of his death, the 170 forint stamp issued as part of a set by Hungary in 1960, and a Monaco commemoration of the 350th anniversary of the fabulist's birth. The Fox and the Stork The Fox and the Stork, also known as ""The Fox and the Crane"", is one of Aesop's fables and is first recorded in the collection of Phaedrus. It is numbered 426 in the Perry Index. A fox invites the stork to eat with him and provides soup in a bowl,"
"The Fox and the Weasel The Fox and the Weasel is a title used to cover a complex of fables in which a number of other animals figure in a story with the same basic situation involving the unfortunate effects of greed. Of Greek origin, it is counted as one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 24 in the Perry Index. In Greek versions of the story, a lean and hungry fox finds food left by shepherds in the hollow of a tree but is unable to get out again because it has eaten so much. Another fox hears its"
"The Ape and the Fox 'The Ape and the Fox is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 81 in the Perry Index. The animals meet to choose a king and are so impressed by the capering of an ape that they crown him. The fox had been one of the contestants and now plays the part of courtier. Taking the ape aside, he says that he has found something to whet the royal appetite and leads him to a baited trap. Caught in the trap, the ape accuses the fox of treachery. The latter replies that someone so gullible"
"The Ape and the Fox 'The Ape and the Fox is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 81 in the Perry Index. The animals meet to choose a king and are so impressed by the capering of an ape that they crown him. The fox had been one of the contestants and now plays the part of courtier. Taking the ape aside, he says that he has found something to whet the royal appetite and leads him to a baited trap. Caught in the trap, the ape accuses the fox of treachery. The latter replies that someone so gullible"
"to himself the Punishment of faithless and oppressing Governours, and the vindication of his own Worship and Altars”. There was one other variation of the story in the 9th-century Syriac translation attributed to Syntipas. In this the fox’s prayer for retribution is answered when the stolen sacrificial meat proves too hot for the eaglets and they choke to death. An original fable by Laurentius Abstemius demonstrates the kinship between the story of “The Eagle and the Fox” and another by Aesop about The Eagle and the Beetle. In the Abstemius story, an eagle seizes some young rabbits to feed its"
"The Eagle and the Fox The Eagle and the Fox is a fable of friendship betrayed and revenged. Counted as one of Aesop’s Fables, it is numbered 1 in the Perry Index. The central situation concerns an eagle that seizes a fox’s cubs and bears them off to feed its young. There are then alternative endings to the story, in one of which the fox exacts restitution while in the other it gains retribution for its injury. The fable’s Latin version by Phaedrus is prefaced by the statement that the powerful should fear revenge from the humble that they harm."
"An ass eating thistles Developed by authors during Renaissance times, the story of an ass eating thistles was a late addition to collections of Aesop's Fables. Beginning as a condemnation of miserly behaviour, it eventually was taken to demonstrate how preferences differ. Two Greek poems from the 2nd century CE seem to have contributed to the making of the modern fable. One is the four-line poem of Babrius about a fox who asks an ass how it can eat thorns with such a soft mouth, which is listed as 360 in the Perry Index. The other is a simile in"
"The Ass in the Lion's Skin The Ass in the Lion's Skin is one of Aesop's Fables, of which there are two distinct versions. There are also several Eastern variants, and the story's interpretation varies accordingly. Of the two Greek versions of this story, the one catalogued as 188 in the Perry Index concerns an Ass that puts on a lion's skin and amuses himself by terrifying all the foolish animals. At last coming upon a Fox, he tried to frighten him also, but the Fox no sooner heard the sound of his voice than he exclaimed, ""I might possibly"
"15th – 19th centuries The Eagle and the Fox The Eagle and the Fox is a fable of friendship betrayed and revenged. Counted as one of Aesop’s Fables, it is numbered 1 in the Perry Index. The central situation concerns an eagle that seizes a fox’s cubs and bears them off to feed its young. There are then alternative endings to the story, in one of which the fox exacts restitution while in the other it gains retribution for its injury. The fable’s Latin version by Phaedrus is prefaced by the statement that the powerful should fear revenge from the"
"The Frog and the Fox The Frog and the Fox is one of Aesop’s Fables and is numbered 289 in the Perry Index. It takes the form of a humorous anecdote told against quack doctors. A frog leaves his native swamp and proclaims himself a wonder-working doctor. He is then asked by a sceptical fox how it is that he cannot cure his own lameness and sickly complexion. The fox’s taunt echoes the Greek proverb, ""Physician, heal thyself"", which was current in Aesop’s time (and was later quoted in the Christian scriptures). The fable was recorded in Greek by Babrius,"
"The Ant and the Grasshopper The Ant and the Grasshopper, alternatively titled The Grasshopper and the Ant (or Ants), is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 373 in the Perry Index. The fable describes how a hungry grasshopper begs for food from an ant when winter comes and is refused. The situation sums up moral lessons about the virtues of hard work and planning for the future. Even in Classical times, however, the advice was mistrusted and an alternative story represented the ant's industry as mean and self-serving. Jean de la Fontaine's delicately ironical retelling in French later widened the debate"
"know about. The Philistine could not even think of an incident like this, since, as stated previously, bees do not normally hive in carcasses. In addition, the words ""Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet"" can be interpreted in many ways other than referring to honey from a lion. Many commentators have been uncomfortable with the riddle's unsolvable nature, and they have tried to interpret it according to the assumption that it can be solved without knowledge of the incident with the lion and the bees. It is assumed that the riddle originally had"
"The Lion, the Bear and the Fox The Lion, the Bear and the Fox is one of Aesop's Fables that is numbered 147 in the Perry Index. There are similar story types of both eastern and western origin in which two disputants lose the object of their dispute to a third. There are ancient Greek versions of the fable, and it was included in the Medici Manuscript collection of Aesop's fables dating from the 1470s. However, its earliest appearance in another language is as number 60 in the collection of 150 fables in Latin verse by the Austrian poet Pantaleon"
"passing fox. The English playwright John Vanbrugh based his comedy of ""Aesop"" on the latter (1697) but unaccountably makes yet another animal the protagonist. His Aesop relates that a famished goat squeezes into a well-stocked barn and realises without any intermediary that fasting is its only chance of getting back out. Nevertheless, Boursault's version was sufficiently known in England as to figure five years later in Thomas Yalden's pamphlet of political verses, ""Aesop at Court"". In 1518 the Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto began a series of satires in imitation of Horace. The first of these adapted the Epistle to Maecenas"
"closed portion (, ""setumah"") ends here. In the next part of the reading, Moses instructed that of animals that live in water, the Israelites could eat anything that has fins and scales, but nothing else. Another closed portion (, ""setumah"") ends here. As the reading continues, Moses instructed that the Israelites could eat any clean bird, but could not eat eagle, vulture, black vulture, kite, falcon, buzzard, raven, ostrich, nighthawk, sea gull, hawk, owl, pelican, bustard, cormorant, stork, heron, hoopoe, or bat. They could not eat any winged swarming things. They could not eat anything that had died a natural"
"The Crab and the Fox The tale of the crab and the fox is of Greek origin and is counted as one of Aesop's fables; it is numbered 116 in the Perry Index. The moral is that one comes to grief through not sticking to one’s allotted role in life The Greek version of the story (Καρκῖνος καὶ Ἀλώπηξ) is pithily told and concerns a crab that abandons the seashore and crawls into a neighbouring meadow where it is eaten by a fox. The comment there is that “this fable shows that people are bound to fail when they abandon"
"cattle and fat sheep of a dreaded god, Helios, who sees all things and listens to all things."" At that point Odysseus warns the men of what will happen if they eat the cattle, yet they do anyway. This situation took away their nostos because their journey home came to an end. Not all Greek heroes experience nostos. Achilles' nostos is unique in ""The Iliad""; this is because he knows himself that he will not have a nostos, creating a greater difference between him and the other heroes, such as Odysseus. Achilles knows that he has two options when it"