Excerpt from the First Part The Fall of Troy (1) III. The Deserted Camp About the middle of the morning, the old king of Troy caused a proclamation to be sounded in the streets: — “Our enemies have left, and…
Category: Fables
The Donkey and the Lap Dog
Once a farmer went to his barn to see his favourite donkey, a great big shaggy gray animal, who was eating hay in a stall. Now the Donkey loved his master and as soon as he saw the man, he…
The Fall of Troy (1)
I. The Great Horse On the farther side of the Aegean Sea there was a fair, rich city, the most famous in the world. This city was called Ilium by its own people, but in story and song it is…
Go to the Ant, Thou Sluggard
An ant spent all the summer running about the fields and collecting grains of wheat and barley to store for the winter. A beetle which saw it expressed amazement at its industry in working hard even during the season when…