Aesop's TalesThe Apple Seed • Season 2013, Episode 49
Oct 23, 2013 • 58m
Our thirty-eighth episode features a selection of updated Aesop's fables:
Diane Ferlatte
Story 1: "Aesop Alive and Well" and "Aesop's Story Begins"
Teller: Diane Ferlatte
Website: http://www.dianeferlatte.com/
Notes: The story of Aesop and how he began sharing his fables.
Sheila Starks Phillips
Story 2: The Lion and the Mouse
Teller: Sheila Starks Phillips
Website: http://www.sheilaphillips.com/
Notes: A lion lets a little mouse go in return for her help later.
Heather Forest
Story 3: The Sun and the Wind
Teller: Heather Forest
Website: http://www.heatherforest.com/
Notes: An argument between the elements leads to a man almost losing his new jacket.
Norah Dooley
Story 4: Aesop's Racing Rabbit
Teller: Norah Dooley
Website: http://www.norahdooley.com/
Notes: A retelling of the classic moral "slow and steady wins the race."
Donna Washington
Story 5: The Grasshopper and the Ants
Teller: Donna Washington
Website: http://www.dlwstoryteller.com/
Notes: A grasshopper finds himself unprepared for the winter.
TELLER
Story 6: City Mouse Country Mouse
Teller: Jim Weiss
Website: http://www.greathall.com/
Notes: City mouse and country mouse try to persuade one another to move.
TELLER
Story 7: The Monkey and the Donkey
Teller: Diane Ferlatte
Website: http://www.dianeferlatte.com/
Notes: A humble old man finds a way to make ends meet with a positive attitude. "I may not have silver, I may not have gold, but when I laugh I never feel old!"