Aesop Fables Shorts

Description: The Council of the Rats - from Aesop's Fables, Gustave Dore

Description: The Hare and the Frogs - Aesop's Fables, Gustave Dore

Description: Aesop was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. Scattered details of Aesop's life can be found in ancient sources, including Aristotle, Herodotus, and Plutarch. An ancient literary work called The Aesop Romance tells an episodic, probably highly fictional version of his life, including the traditional description of him as a strikingly ugly slave who by his cleverness acquires freedom and becomes an adviser to kings and city-states. Older spellings of his name have included Esop(e) and Isope. Depictions of Aesop in popular culture have included many works of art and his appearance as a character in numerous books, films, plays, and television programs. (Wikipedia)

Description: The race is not always to the swift, as the fable written by aesop. A t-shirt with your favorite children's story.

Description: Are those crocodile tears?

Description: Jean de La Fontaine: Apprenez que tout flatteur Vit aux dépens de celui qui l’écoute

Description: The Fox and the Cheese is based on an Aesop's Fable, The Fox and the Crow. A crow has a piece of cheese in her beak when a hungry fox passes by. He asks for a bite of the cheese, but the crow refuses. Then, slyly, he asks if she could sing for him instead because he tells her what a beautiful sing voice she has. Flattered, the crow croaks out a note, dropping the cheese. The fox snatches it up and runs off with it. Moral: Flattery will get you everywhere. In this painting, I upgraded the cheese to a gem and anthropomorphasized the fox.

Description: Jean de La Fontaine: Beware, as long as you live, of judging people by appearances.

Description: Jean de La Fontaine: Patience and time do more than force and rage.

Description: Jean de La Fontaine: S'il fallait condamner tous les ingrats qui sont au monde, à qui pourrait-on pardonner ?

Description: Jean de La Fontaine: Garde-toi, tant que tu vivras, De juger les gens sur la mine.

Description: The Peacock Complaining To Juno - Gustave Dore