Review: A great introduction to the wisdom of Aesop
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 3, 2013
Aesop's Fables is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BC. Several hundred fables have been credited to him, with each fable consisting of a brief story, followed by a moral to the story. Most of the characters in Aesop's fables were animals that take on some human qualities such as speech but retain their basic animal characteristics like size and speed.This little volume includes four of the fables with a fox as the main character. In "The Fox and the Crow," we learn that flattery may indeed get you everywhere, or at least a bite to eat. "The Fox and the Goat" is probably the origin of the caution "Look before you leap." "The Fox and the Grapes" shows that we often despise what we cannot have, leading to the expression "sour grapes." The last story, "The Fox and the Cat," has been interpreted several ways, but I think the moral of the story can be summed up as "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."This is a great introduction to Aesop's fables for kids. The stories and the lessons learned are simple enough for even younger kids to understand, and there's some real wisdom behind the stories.