Fables part 1

The Lion and the Statue: We can easily represent things as we wish them to be. In this story a man and a lion were arguing over which race was better; the man showed the lion a statue of Herakles killing a lion, but the lion pointed out that the statue was made by men.

Androcles: Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. Androcles was a slave who escaped from his master, and as he escaped he came across a lion with a thorn in his paw. Androcles removed the thorn and lived with the lion. They were both captured and the lion starved. The lion was sent to eat Androcles, but didn't because they were friends.

The camel and the Arab: Don't ask obvious questions. An Arab asked his camel whether they should go uphill or down; the camel replied, "why don't we go on level ground?"

The Eagle and the arrow: Sometimes we give our enemies the means of our own destruction. In this story an eagle is shot by an arrow. As he lay dying he saw his own feathers were part of the arrow.

The 2 Fellows and a Bear: Never trust a friend who deserts you in a pinch. Two guys were walking through the woods. A bear attacks. One guy hides, abandoning his friend, while the other plays dead. The bear goes up to the one who played dead but won't eat dead things. Play dead guy tells his friend a good friend never deserts another in a pinch.

The wolf and the horse: Men of evil repute, when they perform a good deed, often fail to get credit for it. A wolf tells a horse there is good oats to eat in a field, but the horse tells him that he only told him because wolves don't eat oats.