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Heather Forest, a twenty-year veteran professional storyteller, says,"I became a storyteller as a direct extension of singing old folk ballads which contained tales."

It is both amazing and wonderful that so much of the richness of our language and our moral education still owes a huge debt to a Greek slave who was executed over 2,000 years ago. Yet "sour grapes", "crying wolf", "a dog in a manger", "actions speak louder than words", "honesty is the best policy", and literally hundreds of other metaphors, axioms, and ideas that are now woven into the very fabric of Western culture all came from Aesop's Fables.

A fascinating collection of some of the great - but less well known - fairy tales of all time.

Aesop's Fables - new translation by AesopAesop's Tales is an assortment of short upright stories credited to Aesop, a narrator from old Greece. Every tale highlights creatures, lifeless things, or legendary animals as the principal characters, all of which represent human qualities and ways of behaving. Through basic, drawing in stories, the tales convey moral examples that feature ideals like genuineness, graciousness, persistence, and shrewdness, while advance notice against indecencies like covetousness, pomposity, and double dealing. Striking tales incorporate "The Turtle and the Rabbit," ...

This Kids Bedtime Story Collection contains the following classic stories great for all ages: Alice in Wonderland, The Peter Rabbit Collection, and 25 Aesop's Fables.

Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today. Many of the stories, such as The Fox and the Grapes (from which the idiom "sour grapes" derives), The Tortoise and the Hare, The North Wind and the Sun, The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Ant and the Grasshopper are well-known throughout the world. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Two hundred of Aesop's fables from 600 BC in Greece which have engaged and taught people ever since that time.

Captivating the hearts and minds of kids and adults for generations, Aesop, a former Greek slave, developed simple and meaningful adventures featuring animals or insects to teach a moral standard or lesson for living. The most well-known and well-loved of Aesop's fables are included here.

By their nature fables are "fabulous," larger than life, the characters often using wit and guile to save themselves from circumstances. In away, Aesop's Fables are morality plays. They illustrate what was fundamental to Greek culture. Their appeal to us lies in a logic we can still understand. This in turn awakens an appreciation of how far ahead of their time the Greeks were, how enduring their thought was, and how much we have to be grateful to them. This collection features 185 of these famous fables.

Yellow Bird Project制作、世界の童話シリーズ第209話。大人も子どもも楽しめる童話オーディオブックを、多彩なキャストとBGMでお届けします。『森で一番足の速い「うさぎ」と、足の遅い「かめ」が競争をすることになりました。ゴールは山の頂上にある一本の大きな木です。さて、勝つのはどちらでしょうか?』

《伊索寓言》是一部世界上最早的寓言故事集。同时也是世界文学史上流传最广的寓言故事之一。…… 《伊索寓言》是一部世界上最早的寓言故事集。同時也是世界文學史上流傳最廣的寓言故事之一。

Included in this varied collection are: Charles Dickens' "The Magic Fishbone", Aesop's "The Country and the Town Mouse"' and "The Lion and his Counsel", Rudyard Kipling's "The Elephant's Child" and "Rikki-tikki-tavi", Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "The Ugly Duckling", Juliana Ewing's "Our Field", and Flo Gibson's "Clementina Quite Contrary".

Aesop's Fables is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Of diverse origins, the stories associated with his name have descended to modern times through a number of sources and continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic media. The fables originally belonged to the oral tradition and were not collected for some three centuries after Aesop's death.

Happiness has become so elusive because we look to external factors to make us happy. And like so many other unhappy people out there, your search for happiness has been fruitless. True, long-lasting happiness comes from within, as Buddha said, so even Aristotle agrees. It is a combination of factors; however, the most important determinant of your happiness is you. Attaining happiness is a personal journey; it requires a lot of hard work, which only you can do.

Yellow Bird Project制作、世界の童話シリーズ第207話。大人も子どもも楽しめる童話オーディオブックを、多彩なキャストとBGMでお届けします。『ずーっとむかしの大むかし。天の神様は世界中の鳥達を集めて、その中から、鳥達の王様を決めると言い出しました。王様になれる条件はただ一つ。それは「一番美しいもの」。鳥達は羽を広げて、自分達の美しさを競い合っていましたが、その輪から一羽外れた、カラスがいました・・』

yellow bird project制作、世界の童話シリーズ第196話。大人も子供も楽しめる童話オーディオブックを、多彩なキャストとBGMでお届けします。『その日、ロバはいつものように、荷物を積んだ荷馬車を引いて、主人の後について歩いていました。彼らの今日の仕事は、この荷物を町の神殿まで運ぶ事でした。ところが町に入ると、不思議な事に、町の人々がロバに対して、深々と頭を下げたり、両手を合わせてお祈りするような格好をしてきたのです。いったい何が起こったのでしょうか?』

yellow bird project制作、世界の童話シリーズ第61話。大人も子供も楽しめる童話オーディオブックを、多彩なキャストとBGMでお届けします。『お腹をすかせた一匹のきつねが見つけたのは、おいしそうなブドウがたくさんなっているブドウの木。一生懸命ブドウのなっている枝に飛びつこうとしますが、なかなか手が届きません。そこできつねは・・・』

yellow bird project制作、世界の童話シリーズ第184話。大人も子供も楽しめる童話オーディオブックを、多彩なキャストとBGMでお届けします。『ある日、森で木を切っていたきこりが、ついうっかり、大切なオノを森の中の泉に落としてしまいました。すっかり落ち込んでいたきこりでしたが、次の瞬間、突然泉の中が金色に輝きだしたのです・・』

yellow bird project制作、世界の童話シリーズ第138話。大人も子供も楽しめる童話オーディオブックを、多彩なキャストとBGMでお届けします。『今からずっと昔、動物達は「鳥」と「けもの」の二つのグループに分かれて、あちこちで争いを起こしていました。しかし、負けるのはいつも鳥の方。その頃鳥達の仲間だったコウモリは、弱い鳥達の元から離れ、けもの達の仲間にしてもらおうと、けもの達のリーダーである、ライオンの所にやってきました。』

yellow bird project制作、世界の童話シリーズ第192話。大人も子供も楽しめる童話オーディオブックを、多彩なキャストとBGMでお届けします。『広い麦畑で暮らす、ひばりの親子のお話しです。季節は秋になり、麦畑の麦を刈取る時期が来てしまいました。お百姓さんもしばしば畑に来ては、いつ麦を刈り取ろうかとぶつぶつとつぶやいていました。刈り取りの前に引っ越しをしなければいけませんが、お母さんひばりは一向に引っ越しを始めようとしません。それは人間の「ある性格」を、とてもよく理解していたからなのです。』