TS 60

EDUCATION 62

DEMOCRITUS AND THE PEOPLE OF ABDERA 64

THE ACORN AND THE PUMPKIN 67

THE SCHOOLBOY, THE PEDANT, AND THE OWNER OF A GARDEN 69

THE SCULPTOR AND THE STATUE OF JUPITER 71

THE OYSTER AND THE PLEADERS 73

THE CAT AND THE FOX 75

THE MONKEY AND THE CAT 77

THE TWO RATS, THE FOX, AND THE EGG 79

THE DOG WITH HIS EARS CROPPED 86

THE LIONESS AND THE SHE-BEAR 88

THE RABBITS 90

THE GODS WISHING TO INSTRUCT A SON OF JUPITER 93

THE LION, THE MONKEY, AND THE TWO ASSES 95

THE WOLF AND THE FOX IN THE WELL 98

THE MICE AND THE SCREECH-OWL 100

THE COMPANIONS OF ULYSSES 102

THE QUARREL BETWEEN THE DOGS AND THE CATS AND BETWEEN
THE CATS AND THE MICE 106

THE WOLF AND THE FOX 109

LOVE AND FOLLY 111

THE FOREST AND THE WOODCUTTER 113

THE FOX AND THE YOUNG TURKEYS 115

THE APE 117

THE SCYTHIAN PHILOSOPHER 118

THE ELEPHANT AND JUPITER'S APE 120

THE LEAGUE OF RATS 122

THE ARBITER, THE HOSPITALLER, AND THE HERMIT 124

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE HEART OF THYRSIS LEAPT Frontispiece

"YOU BOASTED OF BEING SO SWIFT" Facing page 14

OVER TOPPLED THE MILK " 35

THE GARRET WAS STILL A SIBYL'S DEN " 46

DELIBERATELY SWALLOWED THE OYSTER " 74

"WHY CANNOT YOU BE SILENT ALSO?" " 88

DESCENDED BY HIS GREATER WEIGHT " 98

A GUIDE FOR THE FOOTSTEPS OF LOVE " 111

The poet Jean de la Fontaine was born at Chateau-Thierry on July 8,
1621. He was a kindly, merry, and generous man and much bel