item: #1 of 3 id: 11339 author: Aesop title: Aesop's Fables; a new translation date: None words: 41995 flesch: 82 summary: The Horse took youth, and hence young men are high-mettled and impatient of restraint; the Ox took middle age, and accordingly men in middle life are steady and hard-working; while the Dog took old age, which is the reason why old men are so often peevish and ill-tempered, and, like dogs, attached chiefly to those who look to their comfort, while they are disposed to snap at those who are unfamiliar or distasteful to them. But the Cock defended himself by saying that he crowed in order that men might wake up and set about the day's work in good time, and that they really couldn't very well do without him. keywords: ass; boy; cat; cock; day; dog; eagle; farmer; fox; friend; good; horse; jupiter; life; lion; man; master; men; mouse; sheep; stag; time; tree; water; way; wolf cache: 11339.txt plain text: 11339.txt item: #2 of 3 id: 28 author: Aesop title: Aesop's Fables date: None words: 12443 flesch: 88 summary: The Fox and the Lion When first the Fox saw the Lion he was terribly frightened, and ran away and hid himself in the wood. The third time they came near one another the Fox went straight up to the Lion and passed the time of day with him, asking him how his family were, and when he should have the pleasure of seeing him again; then turning his tail, he parted from the Lion without much ceremony. keywords: ass; day; dog; fox; lion; man; master; mouse; time; way; wolf cache: 28.txt plain text: 28.txt item: #3 of 3 id: 34588 author: Aesop title: Some of Æsop's Fables with Modern Instances date: None words: 2878 flesch: 83 summary: [Illustration] THE LION AND OTHER BEASTS [Illustration] THE LION AND OTHER BEASTS. keywords: fox; illustration; lion; man; stag cache: 34588.txt plain text: 34588.txt