I narrated an Aesop Fable. You can find it here by pressing the link The Mice in Council . The moral lesson is " It is one thing to say that something should be done, but it is quite a different matter to actually do it.". Many things appear feasible when speculating, but are found to be impracticable after some thinking. Also one should not act, not before thinking at least, on the urges of people who present themselves as leaders urging others to do things that they themselves wouldn' t do. Those that judge that this or that should be done, will appear ridiculous when the question "who will do it" is asked and so t he moral lesson of this fable could also be "let those who propose, be willing to perform".  The Fable: Once upon a time all the mice met together in council and discussed the best means of securing themselves against the attacks of the cat. After several suggestions had been debated, a mouse of some standing and experience got up and s...

  This fable tells us the story of a Gnat who thought he was very important. I narrated The fable and you can find it by pressing the link  The Gnat & The Bull . The Fable:  A Gnat flew over the meadow with much buzzing for so small a creature and settled on the tip of one of the horns of a Bull. After he had rested a short time, he made ready to fly away. But before he left he pompously begged the Bull's pardon for having used his horn for a resting place. ‘I will go now so as not to burden you any longer" The bull, merely raised his eyes and replied "Much obliged, but I did not even know you were there".  The  Moral Lesson  is that "we often think ourselves of greater importance than we really are." In different versions of this fable there are similar morals such as "we are often of greater importance in our own eyes than in the eyes of our neighbor" or "the smaller the mind the greater the conceit". The fable applies to feebl...

This Fable tells us the story of two donkeys one of whom was a wild donkey that had no boss and the other was a pack donkey that had a master.  You can listen to the Fable by following the link  The Wild Donkey & The Pack Donkey . The story begins with a wild donkey, who is idly wandering  about, when he comes upon a pack donkey. The pack donkey is lying relaxed and enjoying himself in a sunny spot. The wild donkey envies the pack donkey and considers him lucky. But after a while, when he meets him again, the pack donkey is loaded with a heavy cargo and his driver is beating him with a thick stick. At that point the wild donkey realizes the hardship the other donkey has to go through.  This fable shows how a certainty may turn into uncertainty and tell us how appearances are often deceptive. A person may make a mistaken judgement by seeing only one part someone else's life. Thus the wild donkey expresses his envy  towards the pack donkey and the life he thi...

This is a fable about two roosters who lived in the same farm yard but could not bear the sight of one another.  I narrated this fable and you can find it on the link below The Fighting Roosters & The Eagle .  The two roosters fighted fiercely for the mastery of the farmyard. One of the roosters came out victorious and the vanquished one skulked away and hid himself to a corner. The conqueror flew up to the top of the hen house and  crowed exultingly  with all his might, boasting about his victory. But an eagle that was circling overhead heard him and pounced upon him, carrying him off to his nest. Then the vanquished rooster came out of his corner and took the other rooster' s place, as master of the farmyard.  The moral lesson of the fable is that "Pride goes before a fall".  It shows that you should not boast  or become conceited if you happen to enjoy a moment of success, because your demise might actually be nearby.  Taking it one step fu...

 This fable tells us the story of a man who wanted to buy a donkey. I narrated this fable and you can find it by clicking the link  The Donkey & His Purchaser . The man asks to take the donkey on trial before he buys him and so he does. But as soon as he takes him to his stable and sees that the donkey went and chose a place next to the laziest and greediest beast in it, he takes him back to the market. The seller is surprised to see him back so soon and wonders how the purchaser could have decided so soon if he likes the donkey or not. To that the man replies “I could see what sort of beast he is from the companion he chose for himself". The moral lesson of the story is that " A man is known by the company he keeps". In other words, a person is considered similar to the people whose companionship he enjoys. In the story the donkey chose the company of an idle and voracious animal and that reveals his character in the eyes of his purchaser and indicates the the cour...

This Aesop' s Fable has a giant oak tree and some reeds disputing over their strength. I narrated the fable and you can listen to it by clicking on the link  The Oak & The Reeds .  The Oak is feeling mighty and invincible because of her size and strength. Thus she pities the slender reeds that "bow their heads" with the slightest breeze, while she stands firm and upright. But the reeds keep their dancing with the wind and do not worry. According to them, they do not bow their heads but they merely bend before the winds so as not to break. And so the reeds manage to survive the strongest blows of the wind. They are left bent but unharmed. Alive. In contrast the giant oak is torn up by her roots and ends up destroyed. The moral lesson of  this fable is that  " Those who adapt to the times will emerge unscathed". It is meant to show that often it is not just the physical power that helps people survive but also their ability to adjust and adapt according to th...

 I narrated an Aesop Fable that you can find in the following link  The Bull & The Calf . That is a very short fable talking about the easiness and hastiness in which youth tends to speak and act, without taking into consideration the age and experience of those to whom they address to. Thus the calf, naively, tries to give a lesson to a full grown bull, without taking under consideration his age and size and finally, without thinking. Many of Aesop's Fables deal with the hastiness of people in speaking. The fables emphasize the importance of thinking before one speaks. There is a suitable Greek saying that says "Πριν μιλήσεις, βούτα την γλώσσα σου στο μυαλό σου" that literally means that one should dip their tongue in their brain before they speak. Which means that people should not speak before using their mind, experiences and wisdom to test if what they are saying is useful, helpful, kind, smart. In the fable the full grown bull answers to the calf in a way that i...