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100 1 _aAesop
245 1 0 _aAesop, in Rhyme: Old Friends in a New Dress
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2007
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2007-04-19
508 _aProduced by David Edwards, Jacqueline Jeremy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The University of Florida, The Internet Archive/Children's Library)
520 _a"Aesop, in Rhyme: Old Friends in a New Dress" by Aesop and Marmaduke Park is a collection of rhymed fables likely written in the early 19th century. This adaptation of Aesop's timeless tales aims to entertain and impart moral lessons through vivid storytelling and poetic verse. The book features a variety of animal characters engaged in scenarios that reveal human follies and virtues, illustrating themes of wisdom, justice, and morality. At the start of the collection, the opening portion presents several fables, each accompanied by morals that derive from the animals' interactions. For instance, one fable details a wolf and a dog discussing their differing lifestyles, ultimately highlighting the hidden burdens of those who appear better off. The narrative progresses through various animals—a herdsman, boys, frogs, and others—each exhibiting distinct human traits while imparting crucial life lessons, such as the value of hard work over idle play and the consequences of greed. These introductory stories serve as a delightful reminder of the lessons that nature can teach us about ourselves and our behavior. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aFables
700 1 _aPark, Marmaduke
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21189
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