Birds - "Do not trust flatterers", fox tricks crow into dropping his cheese. Peacock wants to sound like a nightingale, but is told to be content because he cannot be first in everything. Bird that does not join in either side of a fight cannot rejoice with either side when the fighting is over.
Insects, Snakes, Crabs - Grasshopper does not prepare for winter, ends up starving because of this, and watching the ants feast. I am pretty sure I have watched a cartoon about this fable. Mother crab tells her baby crab to walk straight, but is not leading by example.
Frogs and Fish - "Self conceit may lead to self destruction", frog blows himself up by trying to swell himself up bigger and bigger. Fish jumping in a fisherman's net whenever he plays his bagpipes.
Nature and Inanimate Objects - Man asks trees for wood only to use when chopping them down. "Kindness affects more than severity", wind and sun try to get man to take off his cloak to prove strength.
Humans and Gods - "The gods help those who help themselves", a god tells a farmer to get himself out of the mud instead of praying.
Family and Friends - Man tries to bite off his own mothers ear because she encouraged theft. "Never trust a friend that deserts you at a pinch", man leaves another man to die to a bear.
People Wise and Foolish - "Words may be deeds", trumpeter of army is killed for encouraging others to fight.
More Fables - Maids kill a rooster because it annoys them and wakes them up too early, but then they have trouble waking themselves up every morning. Fir tree looking down on a bramble as it gets chopped down. "Fate can meet as well as follow", lion waits in cave for deer to return so that he may eat the deer.
A stork from the fable King Log and King's Stork
Source: UnTextbook
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