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Aesop's Fables, are very old stories that are credited to a 6th-century BCE Greek slave named Aesop.

In the beginning these were oral tales; early written versions appeared around the 4th century BC or BCE and in Latin by the 1st centuryAD or CE.

These tales were originally for adults, using animals and people to teach ethical, social, and political lessons; during the Renaissance, they became educational tools for children.

William Caxton published the first version in English in 1484.

The fables selected for this episode are from Joseph Jacobs book The Fables of Aesop, published in 1894.

We start with the “Dog and the Shadow”- a tale about greed and ambition

Our second Fable is “The Fox and the Crow: - a hungry fox and a proud crow meet over cheese

And the third fable is “The Lion’s Share” – a lesson about power and not sharing

A look ahead:

Coming on Wednesday, April 1st - Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy

and on Wednesday, April 8th - The Elephant's Child by Rudyard Kipling

and on Wednesday, April 15th - Prometheus and Pandora

Joseph Jacobs' The Fables of Aesop, was published in 1894 and is in the public domain.

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