Project Gutenberg 2003-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 60 McMurry, Lida B. (Lida Brown) 1853 1942 McMurry, Lida Brown Fifty Famous Fables Reading ease score: 93.4 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Robert Rowe, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines. "Fifty Famous Fables" by Lida B. McMurry is a children's collection of fables written in the early 20th century. The book is designed for young readers, likely aimed at primary school students, and presents a series of moral stories that impart valuable life lessons through simple narratives involving animals. Each fable carries a moral lesson that encourages children to reflect on ethical behavior and the consequences of their actions. The book features a wide variety of tales, such as "The Tortoise and the Ducks," where the tortoise's desire to join the ducks leads to his downfall when he cannot resist speaking while in flight. Other stories like "The Lion and the Mouse" highlight the importance of kindness and reciprocity; the small mouse helps the mighty lion in his time of need, proving that size does not determine one's ability to make a difference. Throughout the fables, characters like the fox, crow, and donkey reappear in various scenarios that illustrate themes of pride, greed, and cooperation. Overall, McMurry's collection not only entertains but educates, making it a delightful read for children learning moral lessons. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fables PN PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 138812 131337 2024-11-02T12:02:47.438344 2023-10-02T10:23:47.389295 text/html text/html 124398 2020-12-27T22:45:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 43178 2020-12-27T22:45:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 119813 2024-11-02T12:02:53.950329 application/epub+zip 119927 2024-11-02T12:02:50.416368 application/epub+zip 104949 2024-11-02T12:02:49.184387 application/epub+zip 241451 2024-11-02T12:02:56.340318 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 230565 2024-11-02T12:02:53.155327 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 203111 2022-09-02T14:08:07.924865 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 111479 111375 2024-11-02T12:02:46.845368 2023-10-02T10:23:46.961252 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 106495 2020-12-27T22:45:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 40592 2020-12-27T22:45:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19502 2024-11-02T12:02:56.467303 application/rdf+xml 13466 2024-11-02T12:02:49.743339 image/jpeg 3527 2024-11-02T12:02:49.459366 image/jpeg 114557 2024-11-02T12:02:47.450362 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog