Æsop's fables in words of one syllable

Chapter 3: AESOP’S FABLES.

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A collection of short, self-contained fables retold in simple monosyllabic language for young readers. Each brief tale stages animal characters in a single situation that leads to a clear outcome and an explicit moral, exploring themes such as honesty, pride, prudence, selfishness, and the consequences of deceit or folly. Lines are spare and direct, often paired with small illustrations, and the arrangement of discrete episodes emphasizes cause-and-effect and memorable aphorisms to make ethical lessons accessible and easy to discuss.

AESOP’S FABLES.

THE BOY AND THE WOLF.

A boy, who kept watch on a flock of sheep, was heard from time to time to call out, “The Wolf! The Wolf!” in mere sport. Scores of times, in this way, had he drawn the men in the fields from their work. But when they found it was a joke, they made up their minds that, should the boy call “Wolf” once more, they would not stir to help him. The wolf, at last, did come. “The Wolf! The Wolf!” shrieks out the boy, in great fear, but none will now heed his cries, and the wolf kills the boy, that he may feast on the sheep.

One knows not how to trust those who speak lies, though they may tell one the truth.

The Boy and the Wolf.—Page 9.

Æsop.