Have you read Aesop Fables before? If yes, at what age and which story is your favourite?

Question

What do you think that makes the fables come to be loved?
Do you think the stories are too simple and roundabout to corespond to our complex society today?

Answer 1

The Fox and the Grapes

An hungry Fox with fierce attack
Sprang on a Vine, but tumbled back,
Nor could attain the point in view,
So near the sky the bunches grew.
As he went off, "They're scurvy stuff,"
Says he, "and not half ripe enough--
And I 've more rev'rence for my tripes
Than to torment them with the gripes."

For those this tale is very pat
Who lessen what they can't come at.

Answer 2

I remember reading them as a little kid (maybe 5-6 yrs old). I also remember there was an Aesop's "short" segment on a cartoon I used to watch. (Maybe Rocky & Bullwinkle?) They were always really cute. Now, our society may be complex, but the simple messages still hold true. For instance, my favorite was the one about the sour grapes. People today could learn from that one. I know I'm guilty of holding grudges, and I try to remember that fable.

Answer 3

Literature by Aesop

http://www.elook.org/literature/aesop/

Good luck.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 4

I read a lot of these when I was seven or so. I didn't like them then and still don't. I've never liked "Let's punish the silly ones" type of story.