Fables And Fairytailes

"Androcles"

Summary: A slave escapes and runs to forest where he helps a lion with a thorn in its paw then the lion takes him back to his cave and feeds him and they become friends. They are later captured and the slave is threatened to be eaten by the lion. Once the lion is let loose it recognizes his friend and then licks him. The slave and lion are both set free.
Moral: Helping people (or animals) will almost always pay off and is the right thing to do.

"Avaricious and Envious"
Two neighbors get granted wishes by Jupiter, under the condition that the opposing neighbor gets twice what they wish for. The first man wishes for a room full of gold, so the other neighbor gets two rooms full. The second man wishes for one of his eyes out, so the other neighbor gets both out so he is blind.

moral: vices are there own punishment

" Belling the Cat"
A bunch of mice try to figure out how to deal with the cats. After getting nowhere a young mouse says they should tie a bell to the cats neck so they know where it is. Then an old mouse asks who will go to put it on the cat. Nobody responds.
moral: It is easy to think up solutions but difficult to actually go and do them.

" Hercules and the Waggoner "
A man driving a waggon gets his wheel stuck in mud and the more the horses pull the deep it gets. He prays to Hercules to help him and Hercules appears and just tells him to put his shoulder into it and push.
Moral: That you should try to fix your problems yourself before begging for help from others.

"The Ant and the Grasshopper "
An ant was bringing food to its nest to stock for winter and a grasshopper was just playing and said it didn't need to worry because there was plenty of food at the moment. Once Winter came, the ants had plenty of food and the grasshopper was starving.
Moral: It is important to prepare for the future

"The Ass and the Lapdog"
A man had both a donkey and a lapdog and after the lapdog jumped into the mans lap the donkey noticed and wanted to do the same so it attempted to prance and put its hooves on his shoulders in attempt to get on his lap, the servants ran up to get it off of him.
Moral: Do not try to be what you are not.

"The Old Man and Death "
An old man has troubles carrying sticks and cries out for death to take him. Death appears and then asked why he called him. The man asks him to help him with the pile of sticks.
Moral: You don't always really want what you may wish for

"The Two Crabs"
While a Mother crab and child crab are walking, the mother criticizes it on how he's walking. The young one then tells her that if she does it then he will follow how she does.
Moral: Example is the best way to teach

"The Mishcievious Dog"
A dog becomes known for being very quick and sneaking up quickly to people and biting there ankles. Eventually the master ties a bell to him and a clog to slow him down. He wears it around proudly then an old dog asks why he wears it proudly when it is a disgrace.
Moral: Infame can be mistaken for positive fame.

"The Camel and the Arab"
A master of a camel asks if he would prefer to go uphill or downhill. It replies that he doesnt know why he'd ask and if the level way is closed"
Moral: Dont ask obvious questions.


2 Grimm Summaries.
"Hansel and Gretel"
Hansel and Gretel have a stepmother with there father, a wood cutter in the forest. The stepmother keeps getting the father to lead the kids out to the woods and abandon them, the first time the boy lays a trail of pebbles to get home but the second is crumbs and birds eat it all. They come to a candy house and it turns out to have a witch living there who tries to fatten them up to eat them but she ends up getting locked in the oven by the kids. They take her gold then wander home to see their father crying saying they can come back because the stepmother has died.

"Little Red Riding Hood"
A little girl is to deliver a basket of food to her sick grandma in the forest. Shes told not to go off the path but she gets distracted and goes off and encounters a wolf which asks what shes doing then leaves with the intent to eat both her and her grandmother. The wolf acts as the girl at the grandmothers house and eats her. Then it acts as the grandmother when the girl comes and eats her too. A man had been hunting the wolf and stopped at the house to get refreshment but through the window he sees the wolf. He shoots it in the head then cuts out Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother, and they are both safe.