Aesop's Fables

Aesop was an ancient Greek storyteller who lived around 550 BCE. 

Some say he was a slave who so delighted his master with his moral stories that Aesop was given his freedom. The Greeks were like that. They rewarded talent. That old legend could very well be true. 

There are no records to prove that Aesop ever wrote anything down. Fortunately, many years after his death, people started to write down these fables, so they could be more easily shared.    

Over the centuries, Aesop's Fables have been rewritten and published and illustrated and translated into almost every language in the world. We all enjoy these wonderful stories today, stories written about 2,500 years ago, by an ancient Greek named Aesop. 

Here is one of my favorite stories by Aesop:  

Once upon a time, a long time ago, a fox fell down a well. He was stuck there for a quite a while. Finally, a goat wandered by. "What are you doing?" asked the goat curiously. "Stay away," snarled the fox. "This is my water." "That's not fair," snapped the goat. "I want the water, too." The goat jumped in the well. The fox leaped on the goat's back and out of the well. He ran happily off, leaving the goat stuck in the well.

THE MORAL OF THIS STORY: 
Do not always believe what you hear from someone who is in trouble.