¡¡In Puerto Rico many years ago near the Condado Lagoon, there lived a poor fisherman. He lived alone in a hut. His only companion£¨Í¬°é£©was his dog.
The fisherman and his dog were devoted to each other. They might be seen strolling£¨É¢²½on the white sandy beach. Or they might be seen coming through the tangle of vines£¨²ÝÌÙ´Ô£©aª²long the road that le

The Fox and the Crow
A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. ¡®That¡¯s for me, as I am a Fox,¡¯ said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of the tree. ¡®Good-day, Mistress Crow,¡¯ he cried. ¡®How well you are looking to-day: how glossy

A greedy dog went into a butcher¡¯s shop and stole a big juicy bone. He ran away so fast that the butcher could not catch him. He ran out into the fields with his bone. He was going to eat it all by himself.
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The dog came to a stream. There was a narrow brid

A lion had come to the end of his days. He lay helpless under a tree.
¡¡¡¡The animals came around him. When they saw that he was going to die, they thought to themselves, "Now is the time to pay him back."
¡¡¡¡So the boar came up and rushed at him with his tusks.
¡¡¡¡Then a bull gored him with his horns. The lion still lay helpless

A wolf had been badly wounded by dogs. He lay sick and maimed in his lair.
¡¡¡¡He felt very hungry and thirsty. When a sheep passed by, he asked him to fetch some water from the stream.
¡¡¡¡"If you bring me the water," he said, "I will find means to get some food."
¡¡¡¡"Yes," said the sheep, "if I bring you the water, you would und

A lion once fell in love with a beautiful girl, so he went to her parents and asked them to marry her to him.
¡¡¡¡The old parents did not know what to say.
¡¡¡¡They did not like the idea of giving their daughter to the lion, but they did not want to enrage the king of beasts.
¡¡¡¡At last the father said, "We are glad to marry our d

The hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. "I have never been beaten," he said, "when I run at full speed, no one is faster than me."
¡¡¡¡The tortoise said quietly, "I will race with you." "That is a good joke," said the hare. "I could dance around you the whole way."
¡¡¡¡The race started. The hare darted almost out

There was a big fight between the birds and the beasts. The bat did not join in the fight.
¡¡¡¡Some birds said to the bat, "Come with us." But he replied, "I am a beast."
¡¡¡¡Later on, some beasts said to him, "Come with us." But he replied, "I am a bird."
¡¡¡¡At last the fighting ended peacefully. The bat first went to the birds, a

When a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down beside him. This soon wakened the lion. He was very angry, and caught the mouse in his paws.
¡¡¡¡"Forgive me, please." cried the little mouse. "I may be able to help you someday." The lion was tickled at these words.
¡¡¡¡He thought, "How could this little mouse help me

A Brother Like That
A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile¡£
from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve
when Paul came out

The fox and the goat
¡¡¡¡An unlucky fox fell into a well. It was quite deep, so he could not get out by himself.
A goat passed by. He asked the fox what he was doing in the well. "Oh, have you not heard?" said the fox. "There is going to be a great drought, so I jumped down to get some water. Why don't you come down here too?"

One hot summer day a fox was walking through an orchard. He stopped before a bunch of grapes. They were ripe and juicy
"I'm just feeling thirsty," he thought. So he backed up a few paces, got a running start, jumped up, but could not reach the grapes.
¡¡¡¡He walked back. One, two, three, he jumped up again, but still, he missed th

The fox without a tail
¡¡¡¡A fox's tail was caught in a trap. When he was trying to release himself, he lost his whole tail except the stump.
At first he was ashamed to see the other foxes because he had no tail, but he was determined to face his misfortune. He called all the foxes to a meeting.
¡¡¡¡When they had gotten tog

The lion and the fox
¡¡¡¡The lion once said that he was sick on his death bed.
¡¡¡¡So he asked all the animals to come and listen to his last wishes
The goat came to the lion's cave. He stood there and listened for a long time.
¡¡¡¡Then a sheep went in. Before she came out, a rabbit entered to hear the last wishes of

The fox and the stork
¡¡¡¡Once a fox invited a stork to dinner. He put nothing on the table except some soup in a very shallow dish.
The fox could easily lap up the soup, but the stork could only wet the end of her long bill in it.
¡¡¡¡When she left the meal, she was still very hungry. "I am sorry," said the fox, "the soup i