Resumo de Aesop S Fables

Uncommon wisdom in common words is how we can describe Aesop's fables. This Greek scholar's fables not only ingrain nuggets of wisdom into the minds of young and old alike but also brighten up our lives with their simple humour. Aesop's fables are fables which can be referred back to from time to time. Born around 620 B.C, he rose from a position of servility to renown and is known to have used his simple fables to resolve disputes within the courts. His fables are known for his simplicity and brevity. Within a few lines Aesop manages to nail in some basic truths of life. For example, the fable milk-woman and her pail is for day dreamers. A farmer's daughter ends up spilling a pail of milk as she day dreams about the amount of money she would make after having sold the milk. Or the perils of vanity in the fable titled The dog and his shadow, wherein a dog who just got a morsel of meat happens to see his shadow in the river. Thinking that it is another dog with a bigger morsel he jumps in only to flow away with the stream. Aesop exemplifies the fact that pleasure bought with pain, hurts with the simple fable of a number of flies attracted to an overturned jar of honey. The flies eat greedily for a long time only to later realise that they are so smeared with honey that they cannot use their wings and release themselves. They are ultimately left to die in the pond of honey. Surely, Aesop had a keen observation to pen down a fable like that. No wonder they are still popular among all age groups.
Here's one fable to exemplify the combination of simplicity, brevity and wisom that Aesop's fables are known for:
The Thief And The Housedog
A THIEF came in the night to break into a house. He brought with him several slices of meat in order to pacify the Housedog, so that he would not alarm his master by barking. As the Thief threw him the pieces of meat, the Dog said, "If you think to stop my mouth, you will be greatly mistaken. This sudden kindness at your hands will only make me more watchful, lest under these unexpected favors to myself, you have some private ends to accomplish for your own benefit, and for my master's injury."
However, despite his wisdom, wit and humour he was was excuted as a criminal by the citizens of Delphi.

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