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If Æsop had known elephants—or Scotch terriers—he might have made a fable out of this; but they had not visited Greece in his day.

Nor can we forget his ideal portrait of “Æsop,” with his book under his arm.

The fables of Æsop are almost universally known, and the fables of La Fontaine exhibit a high degree of artistic merit.

The date attached to Henryson's version of Æsop's Fables is that of transcription.

For his part, Æsop Loving arose and, obeying the ritual, made the proper responses.