pictures by sergio fernandes

the lion and the mouse the ants and the grasshopper the dog and the shadow

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pictures by sergio fernandes

art direction by laura cortes

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First published in 2012

by Simply Read Books

www.simplyreadbooks.com

http://www.behance.net/LolaCortes

Characters, set design, art direction, and diaramas

by Laura Cortes

Illustrations by Sérgio Fernandes

Colour separations by Scanlab

©2012 Laura Cortes & Sérgio Fernandes

Printed and bound in Italy by Grafiche AZ, Veron

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may

be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted,

in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,

photocopying, recording or otherwise, without written

permission of the publisher.

Cataloguing in Publication Data

Cortes, Laura 1988-.

Aesop’s Fables/Laura Cortes, Sérgio Fernandes

ISBN 0-9688768-9-7

PS8576.I8865S96 2003 jC813’.6 C2002-911364-4 PZ7.M6949Su 2003

WE WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO THANK

Robin Mirchell for providing guidance to the project

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The lion and the mouse

A Lion was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face.

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Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying:

If you would only spare my

life, I would be sure to repay

your kindness.””

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The Lion laughed and let him go. It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by st ropes to the ground.

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The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came gnawed the rope with his teeth, and set him free, exclaim

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You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; I now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to con benefits on a Lion.

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Moral

The dog and the shadow

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A Dog, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water and took it for that of another dog, with a piece of meat double his own size.

He immediately let go of his own, and fiercely attacked the other Dog to get his larger piece from him.

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He thus lost both: that which whe grasped at in the water, because it was a shadow; and his own, because the stream swept it away.

Moral

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The ants and the grasshopper

The Ants were spending a fine winter’s day drying grain collected in the summertime.

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A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food.

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“ ”Why did you not treasure

up food during the summer?

The Ants inquired of him,

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He replied,

I had not leisure enough.

I passed the days in singing.

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If you were foolish enough to sing

all the summer, you must dance

supperless to bed in the winter.

They then said in derision:

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Moral

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