Aesop's Fables is a collection of stories credited to Aesop, a slave who lived in ancient Greece between 620-560 BCE. The fables originated in diverse sources and have been reinterpreted in various ways over time. They continue to be adapted in popular and artistic media today. The document then provides a summary of the fable "The Goose with the Golden Egg" in which a countryman finds that his goose lays golden eggs each morning, making him rich. In his greed, he kills the goose to get all the gold at once, but finds nothing inside.

1. Aesop
Edited by Sebastian Zhao
Simon Fraser Press
AESOP'S
FABLES
AESOP’SFABLES
EditedbySebastianZhao
SimonFraserPress
Aesop's Fables
or the Aesopica is
a collection
of fables credited
to Aesop,
a slave and
storyteller believed
to have lived
in ancient Greece
between 620 and
560 BCE. Of
diverse origins, the
stories associated
with Aesop's name
have descended
to modern times
through a number
of sources. They
continue to be
reinterpreted
in different
verbal registers and
in popular as well
as artistic media.
Aesop (620–
564 BCE) was
an Ancient
Greek fabulist
or story
teller credited
with a number
offables now
collectively
known as
Aesop's Fables.

2. Aesop
Edit by Sebastian Zhao
Simon Fraser Press
AESOP'S
FABLES

3. Aesop's Fables
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Aesop's Fables
CONTENTS
Contents
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The Ass in the Lion's Skin
The Astrologer who Fell into a Well
The Bear and the Travelers
The Beaver
The Cat and the Mice
The Crow and the Pitcher
The Crow and the Snake
The Dog and its Reflection
The Fox and the Woodman
The Frightened Hares
The Frog and the Mouse
The Goat and the Vine
The Goose with the Golden Egg
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4. One day a countryman going
to the nest of his goose found there an
egg all yellow and glittering. When he
took it up it was as heavy as lead and
he was going to throw it away, because
he thought a trick had been played on
him. But he took it home on second
thoughts, and soon found that it was
an egg of pure gold.
Every morning the same thing
occured, and he grew rich by selling
his eggs. As he grew rich he grew
greedy; and thinking to get at once all
the gold the goose could give, he killed
it and opened it only to find nothing.
The Goose with the Golden Egg
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The Goose
with the Golden Egg
Aesop's Fables
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