This text was prepared by Nate Ripperton, using as copytext, The Aesop for Children, with pictures by Milo Winter, published by Rand McNally & Co., Chicago, 1919.

Since this book was first published before 1923, it is in the public domain in the United States. By U.S. law, it entered the public domain 75 years after its first publication.

An assortment of color illustrations are included in this text.

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