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.

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.

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

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