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Aesop's Fables: The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner

by Aesop The Lion, the Mouse, and the FoxThe Wolf and the CraneThe Trumpeter Taken Prisoner A Trumpeter marched into battle in the van of the army and put courage into his comrades by his…

Aesop's Fables: The Three Tradesmen

by Aesop The Tunny-Fish and the DolphinThe Mouse and the BullThe Three Tradesmen The citizens of a certain city were debating about the best material to use in the fortifications which…

Aesop's Fables: The Crow and the Pitcher

by Aesop The Lion and the MouseThe Boys and the FrogsThe Crow and the Pitcher A thirsty Crow found a Pitcher with some water in it, but so little was there that, try as she might, she…

2001 Deaths: R - Z

Francisco RabalAlan RafkinJoey RamoneFred RaphaelSimon RavenMaureen ReaganDick RehbeinJames RhodesMordecai RichlerBill RigneyRobert RimmerS. Dillon RipleyMichael RitchieGordon RitzJohn…

The Devil's Dictionary: House

by Ambrose Bierce HOURIHOUSELESSHOUSE -n. A hollow edifice erected for the habitation of man, rat, mouse, beelte, cockroach, fly, mosquito, flea, bacillus and microbe. House of Correction…

Aesop's Fables: The Hound and the Hare

by Aesop The ProphetThe Lion, the Mouse, and the FoxThe Hound and the Hare A young Hound started a Hare, and, when he caught her up, would at one moment snap at her with his teeth as…