Aesop (Winter) Part B - continuation of short fables with illustrations.
This fable collection seemed to have a cluster of stories about not taking appearances at face value, which I found interesting!
The Fox and The Leopard - Don't judge by appearances and use your head. This also reminded me a bit of the movie Bambi when Thumper says "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all."
The Cat The Cock and the Young Mouse - Also about judging by appearances. In this story a mouse who has never seen a rooster or a cat before thinks the the wrong animal looks nice and friendly. Cats are fluffy and more similar to a mouse than a rooster. But the cat would be the one to eat the mouse.
The Peacock and the Crane - being useful is better than being pretty - so more about appearances. The peacock was very proud of his fancy feathers, while the crane is much less decorative. However, the peacock cannot fly.
"peacock" by Mathias Appel is marked with CC0 1.0
Bibliography - The Aesop for Children, translator unknown. Illustrations by Milo Winter
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