Aesop"s famous collection of fables are intended to teach a variety of moral lessons. But instead of being long-winded and serious, these lighthearted tales are full of talking animals and often silly situations. Featuring such popular fables as ""The...

Aesop was an Ancient Greek story-teller and slave, famed and cherished for his short fables that often involve personified animals. In the renowned collection of works that is Aesop"s Fables, he weaves moral education and entertainment together into tales...

Aesop, war ein beruhmter griechischer Dichter von Fabeln und Gleichnissen und lebte um 600 v. Chr. Er gilt fur Europa als der Begrunder der Fabeldichtung und so wurde sein Name zum Gattungsnamen fur die Fabeldichtung uberhaupt. (Auszug aus Wikipedia)