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7 Facts You Didn’t Know About ‘Aesop’s Fables’

Remember the story of the tortoise and the hare? Famous for the moral lessons behind most of his stories, Aesop’s Fables continues teaching essential life lessons for generations of children. Interestingly, some people only know the stories and very little about the storyteller or the entirety of his work. Here are some of the most ...

Mike West

A tortoise and a hare.

In China, Doing a Good Deed Can Lead to Misery

“The Farmer and the Snake” is one of Aesop’s Fables, which contains many lessons and great wisdom. As this story goes, on a chilly winter’s night a farmer found a frozen snake along the roadside. The man took pity on the snake and put it on his chest to warm it up. When the snake ...

Tatiana Denning

Wood engraving from 'The farmer and the snake.'