Make sure you are in a position to bargain before you try to do so.

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I don’t think this fisherman understands fish very well. Not if he can’t tell the difference between dancing and the death throes of suffocation.

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So, the lark says only fools will do exactly what the lark just did…

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So… eagle’s never lay their eggs in beetle season, because of one eagle’s bad experience that she didn’t know was caused by a beetle? Okay…

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Another of Aesop’s trademark happy endings.

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The origin of yet another cliche happens right here.

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This one feels more like a myth than a fable.

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I thought the wolf had a different end in mind for the horse.

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Advocating targeted violence instead of pacifism, I see.

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Always get the father’s blessing before marriage.

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