A collection of animal fables told by the Greek slave Aesop.

“Beautifully expressive . . . [a] cautionary tale of tempers, perfect for children still learning when it’s okay to bawl and when it’s not.” —Foreword

A boy tending sheep on a lonely mountainside thinks it a fine joke to cry "wolf" and watch the people come running, until the day a wolf is really there and no

"Nothing ever happens here," the shepherd thinks. But the bored boy knows what would be exciting: He cries that a wolf is after his sheep, and the town's people