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The Farmer and his Sons is a story of Greek origin that is included among Aesop's Fables and is listed as 42 in the Perry Index. [1] It illustrates both the value of hard work and the need to temper parental advice with practicality.
In more modern times, Pieter de la Court commented on its applicability to the Dutch Republic in his retelling of the story in Sinryke Fabulen (Amsterdam, 1685) as "A farmer and his seven quarrelsome sons". [7] The story is prefaced with the proverb Eendragt maakt magt, een twist verkwist (Unity makes strength, strife wastes). The first part of ...
The fable of the farmer and his sons from Caxton's edition, 1484. The main impetus behind the translation of large collections of fables attributed to Aesop and translated into European languages came from an early printed publication in Germany.
The Farmer and his Sons; The Farmer and the Sea; The Farmer and the Stork; The Farmer and the Viper; The Fir and the Bramble; The Fisherman and his Flute; The Fisherman and the Little Fish; The Fly and the Ant; The Fly in the Soup; The Fowler and the Snake; The Fox and the Crow; The Fox and the Grapes; The Fox and the Lion; The Fox and the Mask ...
The miller, his son and the donkey is a widely dispersed fable, number 721 in the Perry Index and number 1215 in the Aarne–Thompson classification systems of folklore narratives. Though it may have ancient analogues, the earliest extant version is in the work of the 13th-century Arab writer Ibn Said .
Starting from the original parable, different versions of the story have been written, which are described in books and on the internet under titles such as The Taoist Farmer, The Farmer and his Horse, The Father, His Son and the Horse, The Old Man Loses a Horse, etc. The story is mostly cited in philosophical or religious texts and management ...
"The Farmer and His Sons" (4:26) "The Fox and Grapes" "A Jellyfish (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me)" (0:15) "The Bird and the Jar" (6:23) – Explores the saying "Necessity is the mother of invention." "A Mosquito (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me)" (0:21) "The Two Frogs" (4:24) "A Car (Maybe I'd Better Stay Me)" (0:45) "Aesop Knew (Reprise)" (1:49)
A farmer sees a snake emerge from a mound in his field and brings it food as an offering. In return it leaves a gold coin in the bowl. In a development reminiscent of the Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs, the man's son believes he will find a treasure hoard in the snake's mound and tries to kill it, but loses his life instead. When the man comes ...