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These stories provided by children's author Rick Walton's Online Library.
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The Fawn and His Mother
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A YOUNG FAWN once said to his Mother, "You are larger than a dog, and swifter, and more used to running, and you have
your horns as a defense; why, then, O Mother! do the hounds frighten you so?" She smiled, and said: "I know full well,
my son, that all you say is true. I have the advantages you mention, but when I hear even the bark of a single dog I
feel ready to faint, and fly away as fast as I can."
No arguments will give courage to the coward.
(from Aesop's Fables, translated by George Townsend)
Picture Credits
Original bunny climbing rope picture by Paige Miglio (copyright 2000 ©) from One More Bunny authored by Rick Walton.
Original purple monster picture by Renee Williams-Andriani (copyright 1998 ©) from Really, Really Bad School Jokes authored by Rick Walton.
Original bullfrog seated picture by Chris McAllister (copyright 1999 ©) from Bullfrog Pops! authored by Rick Walton.
Electronic modifications by Ann Walton.
Last updated: September 27, 2003