John Gay reflects that in matters of friendship, quality is preferable to quantity.

Odysseus recalls meeting Tantalus and Sisyphus, for whom relief was everlastingly beyond their grasp.

A little fable from ancient Greece about those political activists who make a living from stirring up controversy.

A harassed mother Raven vows bloody revenge on a venomous Snake, but the wily old Jackal has a better idea.

An ageing Heron finds himself a little too stiff to fish for himself, so he thinks of a way to get the fish to do it for him.

By day Danaus had to watch his fifty unhappy daughters marry their fifty cruel cousins, but the wedding night was yet to come.