The most beautiful fables as well as fabulous stories and poems from Aesop to Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Wilhelm Busch, and Joachim Ringelnatz - cheerful, wise, and with affectionate mockery, they describe all too human weaknesses and have lost none of their relevance to this day. A timeless family book for everyone. The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs by Aesop. The Little Tree that Wanted Different Leaves by Friedrich Rückert. The Goats by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. The Mouse as a Suitor by Marie de France. Lived Too Well by Wilhelm Busch. The Horse by Novalis. Fresh Pastries and Fresh Fish by Ludwig Bechstein. He Who Lies Once by Leo Tolstoy. The Race between the African Forest Wolf and the Steppe Wolf. The Donkey and the Parrot by Italo Svevo. The Little Bird by Italo Svevo. The Butterfly and the Flower by Wilhelm Busch. Ingratitude is the Reward of the World by Martin Luther.