Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables are a collection of short stories with moral lessons, attributed to Aesop, a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. The fables originally belonged to oral tradition and were not collected for some three centuries after Aesop's death. Over time, a variety of other stories, jokes and proverbs were ascribed to him, although some of that material was from sources earlier than him or came from beyond the Greek cultural sphere.

One of the most famous of Aesop's Fables is The Boy Who Cried Wolf, which highlights the importance of always being truthful. Another of Aesop's most famous fables is The Tortoise and The Hare, which tells the story of a race between a tortoise and a hare, with the moral that slow and steady wins the race.The Lion and The Mouse tells the story of a mouse, who's showed mercy by a lion and returns this same kindness, with the moral that kindness and mercy always have a reward, and that regardless of size, one is always able to demonstrate kindness and helpfulness to another.