Our thirty-eighth episode features a selection of updated Aesop's fables:

Diane Ferlatte

Story 1: "Aesop Alive and Well" and "Aesop's Story Begins"

Teller: Diane Ferlatte

Website: http://www.dianeferlatte.com/

Notes: The story of Aesop and how he began sharing his fables.

Sheila Starks Phillips

Story 2: The Lion and the Mouse

Teller: Sheila Starks Phillips

Website: http://www.sheilaphillips.com/

Notes: A lion lets a little mouse go in return for her help later.

Heather Forest

Story 3: The Sun and the Wind

Teller: Heather Forest

Website: http://www.heatherforest.com/

Notes: An argument between the elements leads to a man almost losing his new jacket.

Norah Dooley

Story 4: Aesop's Racing Rabbit

Teller: Norah Dooley

Website: http://www.norahdooley.com/

Notes: A retelling of the classic moral "slow and steady wins the race."

Donna Washington

Story 5: The Grasshopper and the Ants

Teller: Donna Washington

Website: http://www.dlwstoryteller.com/

Notes: A grasshopper finds himself unprepared for the winter.

TELLER

Story 6: City Mouse Country Mouse

Teller: Jim Weiss

Website: http://www.greathall.com/

Notes: City mouse and country mouse try to persuade one another to move.

TELLER

Story 7: The Monkey and the Donkey

Teller: Diane Ferlatte

Website: http://www.dianeferlatte.com/

Notes: A humble old man finds a way to make ends meet with a positive attitude. "I may not have silver, I may not have gold, but when I laugh I never feel old!"