A collection of eight fables, each introduced by Aesop, the freed slave turned master storyteller, who shares the real-life events that inspired each tale.

Fables.
Folklore.

Pirotta, Saviour.
Johnson, Richard, ill.
Aesop.

New York : Kingfisher, c2005.

78 p. : col. ill. ;

The cat's bell -- The lion and the mouse -- The wolf and the dog -- The goose who laid the golden eggs -- The fox and the stork -- The tortoise and the hare -- The frogs that wanted a king -- The jay and the peacocks.