A fox tricked the crow into dropping a piece of cheese form his mouth so the fox could eat it. Another story a crow talks an eagle into dropping a tortoise on sharp rocks to break his shell.
"Birds, Part 2":
A man captured a bird to sing to him. When the bird refused to sing the man told him he would put the bird on toast. The bird told the man if he let him go he would tell him about something much better to eat. When let go the bird flew away.
"Insects, Snakes, Crabs":
A man's son stepped on a snake's tail so the snake turned and bit him and killed him. The man tok revenge and cut off part of the snake's tail. In turn the snake killed part of the man's cattle. When the man tried to make peace the snake denied.
"Frogs and Fish":
The frogs were living without order but still happy and careless. A few of the frogs when to Jove and asked for a ruler. Jove sent a log to them. When they realized the log wasn't living they asked for a different ruler so Jove sent a start that began eating all of them.
"Nature and Inanimate Objects":
The other organs of the body got mad at the stomach for not doing any of the work. The other organs went on strike and told the stomach he had to start working harder. When the hands stopped bringing food to the mouth the rest of the body got so weak they could not do their jobs. They all agreed they would start working again.
"Human's and Gods":
A man went to a satyr's house and he warmed his hands with his breath as well as cooled his soup with his breath. The Satyr thought of this as unnatural and kicked him out for blowing hot and cold air.
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