Aesop’s Fables

For over two thousand years, the fables attributed to Aesop have taught wisdom through the doings of talking animals: the tortoise who beats the hare, the boy who cried wolf, the ant and the grasshopper, the fox and the sour grapes. Short, sly, and ending in a memorable moral, they distill human nature and everyday ethics into tales children love and adults never forget. This collection gathers the beloved fables in accessible English. Among the most influential works in the history of storytelling, Aesop’s Fables remain a cornerstone of moral education and a source of proverbs woven into everyday speech.