The legendary storytelling and common-sense lessons of Aesop, now freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co.Signature Clothbound Editions line. The calamities that befall the hapless creatures of Aesop’s Fables!The fox can’t reach his grapes, then gets attacked by biting flies, and loses his tail in a trap. And things don’t go much better for the hare, who is chased relentlessly by a hound, barely escaping with his life—only to be beaten in a race by a lowly tortoise.Misfortune turns to mayhem when a wolf is killed by his sweetheart’s father, a sheepdog preys on his own flock, and the mouse and his friend the frog are eaten by a hawk.On the brighter side, a tiny ant saves her new friend the dove from a hunter’s arrow, a bat persuades two different weasels not to eat her, and a kid goat uses his wits to escape from the jaws of a hungry wolf... For nearly three thousand years, the fables of Aesop have amused people of all ages as they provide common-sense lessons in the conduct of everyday life.The colorful characters and brief tales, by turns amusing and frightening, deliver a how-to course in applied moral philosophy.This edition features more than forty illustrations by the celebrated artist Ernest Griset.