How many of us have not once identified with the lazy cicada or the working ant? How many times did we not crave something impossible with the same longing and pretended indifference with which the fox wanted to devour the grapes? The Myths of Aesop, with their brevity and simplicity, for centuries now have the unchanging ability to excite and entertain young and old and to teach, especially the little ones, the truth about the human soul, always with a smile.
