Aesop’s Fables 2

　イソップ
　正確な史実はいまだ解明されておらず、実在したかも定かでないが、紀元前６世紀頃のギリシャで、サモス人イアドモン王の奴隷であったという説が有力。

　『イソップ物語』の英語版原書。
　奴隷だったイソップが、主人や自分をみくびる人々に対する保身の武器として語ったといわれる「イソップ物語」。弱者や一般市民ための知恵や教訓が多く描かれ、今なお世界中で語り継がれている作品。
　本編では“The Shepherd Boy”から“The Fox and the Goat”まで、４２の物語を収録。

※本書はすべて英文です。

The Shepherd's Boy
The Young Thief and His Mother
The Man and His Two Wives
The Nurse and the Wolf
The Tortoise and the Birds
The Two Crabs
The Ass in the Lion's Skin
The Two Fellows and the Bear
The Two Pots
The Four Oxen and the Lion
The Fisher and the Little Fish
Avaricious and Envious
The Crow and the Pitcher
The Man and the Satyr
The Goose With the Golden Eggs
The Labourer and the Nightingale
The Fox, the Cock, and the Dog
The Wind and the Sun
Hercules and the Waggoner
The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey
The Miser and His Gold
The Fox and the Mosquitoes
The Fox Without a Tail
The One-Eyed Doe
Belling the Cat
The Hare and the Tortoise
The Old Man and Death
The Hare With Many Friends
The Lion in Love
The Bundle of Sticks
The Lion, the Fox, and the Beasts
The Ass's Brains
The Eagle and the Arrow
The Milkmaid and Her Pail
The Cat-Maiden
The Horse and the Ass
The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner
The Buffoon and the Countryman
The Old Woman and the Wine-Jar
The Fox and the Goat

The Shepherd's Boy

There was once a young Shepherd Boy who tended his sheep atthe foot of a mountain near a dark forest. It was rather lonelyfor him all day, so he thought upon a plan by which he could get alittle company and some excitement. He rushed down towards thevillage calling out "Wolf, Wolf," and the villagers came out tomeet him, and some of them stopped with him for a considerabletime. This pleased the boy so much that a few days afterwards hetried the same trick, and again the villagers came to his help.But shortly after this a Wolf actually did come out from theforest, and began to worry the sheep, and the boy of course criedout "Wolf, Wolf," still louder than before. But this time thevillagers, who had been fooled twice before, thought the boy wasagain deceiving them, and nobody stirred to come to his help. Sothe Wolf made a good meal off the boy's flock, and when the boycomplained, the wise man of the village said:
"A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth."


The Young Thief and His Mother

A young Man had been caught in a daring act of theft and hadbeen condemned to be executed for it. He expressed his desire tosee his Mother, and to speak with her before he was led toexecution, and of course this was granted. When his Mother cameto him he said: "I want to whisper to you," and when she broughther ear near him, he nearly bit it off. All the bystanders werehorrified, and asked him what he could mean by such brutal andinhuman conduct. "It is to punish her," he said. "When I wasyoung I began with stealing little things, and brought them hometo Mother. Instead of rebuking and punishing me, she laughed andsaid: "It will not be noticed." It is because of her that I amhere to-day."
"He is right, woman," said the Priest; "the Lord hath said:
"Train up a child in the way he should go; andwhen he is old he will not depart therefrom."

小説・ノンフィクション＞文芸＞海外文学＞英語版原書

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