The stork, the fox, the hare, the mouse: all of them, along with many other animals, are the great and small heroes of the 25 enchanting stories that are retold here based on the works of the greatest of all fable writers, Aesop, and beautifully illustrated. Fables are animal stories from which we can learn something. For example, the story of the fox and the stork. The fox invites the stork to dinner and serves it on small flat plates. The stork cannot eat from them with its long beak and goes home hungry. The next evening, the fox is the stork's guest, and the delicious food is served in tall glasses! One should always be careful that one's own trick does not come back to haunt them.