Aesop’s fables have been a guideline for fables for ages. These short parables about the trouble of animals, gods and various people teach us practical lessons for our lives.
The Eagle and the Scarab Beatle
An eagle was chasing after a hare for her dinner. The poor little hare did not know what to do so when he came across a scarab beetle, the only other animal he saw, he begged him for help. The Scarab beetle stood between the hare and the eagle and asked for the eagle to spare this hare’s life. The eagle brushed off beetle, in her opinion the beetle had nothing important to say because he was so small and ate the hare right in front of the scarab beetle.
From that point on the Scarab beetle hunted out the eagle’s nests, climbed into them and pushed her eggs out to the ground so that they would break. The eagle went to Zeus for help, Zeus allowed the eagle to make a nest on his lap so that he could protect the eggs himself. The wily scarab beetle made a gross dung pellet, flew over Zeus’ head and dropped it on him. With out thinking Zeus stood up to brush the pellet off and let the nest fall to the ground, breaking all of the eggs. Since that day the eagle does not nest during the scarab beetle season.
If you insult someone do not be surprised when they seek revenge against you.
Two Roosters and an Eagle
There were once two roosters that fought over a hen. The one that won the fight left with the hen, while the one that lost hid in the bushes. The rooster that won jumped on top of a wall and crowed with pride. Just then an eagle swooped down and snatched up the proud little rooster but the one who had hid in the bushes was safe from the eagle.
The humble are rewarded but the proud are punished.
The Fox and the Swollen Belly
There was once a very hungry fox how discovered some bread and meat hidden inside the hallow of a tree. The fox crawled in and gobbled it right up, however when he went to leave he found he couldn’t fit through the hole he had come in from his belly was too big. He began to cry out at the hopelessness of his situation until another fox came by. The second fox told him to calm down and wait, soon his belly would go back to it’s normal size and he would be able to get out.
Time fixes difficulties.
There are many more fables as told by Aesop. They all have one great thing in common; they have simple morals that are timeless.
