134:." Since the onager is an Asian animal, it suggests that this region may have been the origin of the alternative fable recorded as 183 in the Perry Index. In this the wild ass at first congratulates a grazing pack-animal's sleek condition but eventually is grateful for his own freedom after seeing the other being driven along beneath a load. A later 'Christianised' version is now numbered as the independent fable 411 in the Perry Index. There the onager jeers at a donkey, only to be eaten by a lion since it is not guarded by a human.
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A famished wolf meets a well-fed dog and compliments him on his sleek appearance. The dog describes his life of ease and invites the wolf to join him. As they go on their way, the wolf asks why the fur about the dog's neck is worn away. He replies that it is merely caused by the collar he has to wear
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95:(1818), however, observes more cautiously that "liberty in a state of society does not consist in doing whatsoever we please" and therefore "a certain portion of individual liberty must be given up for the good of the whole".
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67:. The fable was also well known in the
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564:The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs
404:The Astrologer who Fell into a Well
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801:The miller, his son and the donkey
419:The Bird-catcher and the Blackbird
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776:The drowned woman and her husband
679:The Travellers and the Plane Tree
499:The Fisherman and the Little Fish
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272:History of the Graeco-Latin Fable
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579:The Horse that Lost its Liberty
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589:The Lion, the Bear and the Fox
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444:The Cock, the Dog and the Fox
424:The Bird in Borrowed Feathers
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911:The Grasshopper and the Ants
796:The Hawk and the Nightingale
719:The Woodcutter and the Trees
674:Town Mouse and Country Mouse
639:The Old Woman and the Doctor
554:The Frogs Who Desired a King
242:Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
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1138:Metaphors referring to dogs
852:The labyrinth of Versailles
791:The Gourd and the Palm-tree
699:Washing the Ethiopian White
664:The Snake in the Thorn Bush
649:The Satyr and the Traveller
594:The Man with Two Mistresses
379:The Ant and the Grasshopper
304:from the 15th–20th century.
220:Elizur Wright's translation
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756:The Blind Man and the Lame
624:The North Wind and the Sun
464:The Dog and Its Reflection
409:The Bear and the Travelers
399:The Ass in the Lion's Skin
193:The Poets of Great Britain
128:A man one day said to the
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821:The Shepherd and the Lion
816:The Scorpion and the Frog
745:The Bear and the Gardener
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684:The Trees and the Bramble
669:The Tortoise and the Hare
644:The Rose and the Amaranth
529:The Fox and the Sick Lion
414:The Belly and the Members
394:The Ass Carrying an Image
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877:Wolf in sheep's clothing
761:The Boy and the Filberts
704:The Weasel and Aphrodite
619:The Mouse and the Oyster
574:The Horse and the Donkey
504:The Fowler and the Snake
489:The Farmer and the Viper
484:The Farmer and the Stork
459:The Deer without a Heart
449:The Crow and the Pitcher
231:A performance on YouTube
207:"The Dog and the Wolf",
811:The Priest and the Wolf
766:Chanticleer and the Fox
609:The Moon and her Mother
544:The Fox and the Woodman
494:The Fir and the Bramble
384:The Ass and his Masters
806:The Monkey and the Cat
740:An ass eating thistles
709:The Wolf and the Crane
659:The Snake and the Crab
614:The Mountain in Labour
604:The Miser and his Gold
584:The Lion and the Mouse
539:The Fox and the Weasel
514:The Fox and the Grapes
454:The Crow and the Snake
439:The Cock and the Jewel
429:The Boy Who Cried Wolf
302:Illustrations in books
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945:The Cock and the Jasp
867:Still waters run deep
771:The Dog in the Manger
714:The Wolf and the Lamb
634:The Old Man and Death
569:The Honest Woodcutter
559:The Goat and the Vine
534:The Fox and the Stork
479:The Eagle and the Fox
324:Children's literature
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975:La Fontaine's Fables
781:The Elm and the Vine
629:The Oak and the Reed
524:The Fox and the Mask
519:The Fox and the Lion
509:The Fox and the Crow
474:The Dove and the Ant
469:The Dog and the Wolf
434:The Cat and the Mice
244:, Hendrickson 2010,
163:Ainoi, logoi, mythoi
100:La Fontaine's Fables
28:The Dog and the Wolf
1072:Jean de La Fontaine
1022:Adémar de Chabannes
904:Aesop's Film Fables
786:The Fox and the Cat
599:The Mischievous Dog
549:The Frog and the Ox
389:The Ass and the Pig
197:Vol. 8, pp. 514–515
161:Gert-Jan van Dijk,
104:Le loup et le chien
93:The Fables of Aesop
1012:Dositheus Magister
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1032:John Lydgate
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842:Panchatantra
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1077:Ivan Krylov
985:Translators
923:adaptations
896:adaptations
847:Perry Index
268:F.R.Adrados
209:pp. 287–288
167:pp. 147–148
165:Leiden NL,
69:Middle Ages
56:Archilochos
36:Perry Index
1107:Categories
733:Apocryphal
138:References
30:is one of
77:Neo-Latin
997:Phaedrus
181:Fable 58
79:poem by
65:Phaedrus
1007:Avianus
1002:Babrius
886:(album)
830:Related
369:Aesop's
124:Aramaic
61:Babrius
931:Ysopet
894:Screen
371:Fables
310:Portal
276:p. 254
130:onager
120:Ahiqar
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361:Aesop
274:III,
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