Fables in English

Lots of ticks, on the country dogs, sucking blood like mad. They had become big and fat, full up to their heads with blood, so greedy for it were they. They had become as fat as grapes and                                  …

The chicken on the roof quickly sings “Coccoccooo! Coccoccocooo! Coccoccocoooo! She squats, and lays an egg which is no sooner out before it rolls across the broken tiles and crashes to the ground. The dog pounces and hastens to joyfully lick and eat it up. Everyday the chicken does this; and everyday the dog joyfully…

The goldfish with black stripes which fade before the eyes, meanders happily in the clear silvery water that flows quickly. It plays in the foam of the water that breaks on the rocks. Blissful and happy, it’s kissed by the sun. It stops, watches and scans. It slips in between the rocks, catching bubbles and…

       Once a fox that was a bit ugly and a bit clumsy formed a partnership with another fox friend that lived in another wood, just a bit further across.        And… why did the two foxes form this partnership?        They formed the partnership because what often happens to foxes, is this: for many days they hunted…

       One day a young merchant dressed as beautifully as a bridegroom was walking across the town square, when he met a man he vaguely knew, and greeted him gracefully with a slight bow. Seeing he had been greeted, this person then invited him to his home for a coffee. Seeing the other was so keen,…

       A donkey once lived in a stable, where it had a whole lot of chaff and straw. Every day a fine white horse dressed with rich harnesses trotted outside. The donkey would cast its eyes on the horse, green with envy.        “Why was I born a donkey and him a horse?” he asked his master….

       Once upon a time there were two very white sheep that lived among a flurry of mountains; one belonged to Tom and the other was Dick’s. Tom was Dick’s brother, so Dick found himself being Tom’s brother.        One fine day Dick fenced off a nice bit of Lucerne and clover, and gave it to his…

       And one day, it was an afternoon, when Caretaker polecat was sitting outside her den scratching her head, nearly flaying herself, because she had heard that some of the pupils at her school had started keeping bad company.        She had even argued with the teachers, in particular with Cretin Crocodile, the Headmaster. They couldn’t muster…

       That morning the woods were cold and covered in grains of ice; these grains were giving off steam, as they were trying to turn into water as quickly as they could.         An old owl was quickly toddling home to his den after having hooted all night. It was still dark and he was carrying a…

       And… once again, like many times before- Once upon a time! And there was a fox that lived in a wood and was such a terror that he made the trees and plants’ leaves stand on end from what he did and got up to! The tiny animals trembled everyday and all day long! All…