*This classic children’s story may contain mentions of death and/or contain scenes of violence. Parents are advised to read the story by themselves before reading to children.
The Sick Stag
by
Aesop
A Stag had fallen sick.
He had just strength enough to gather some food and find a quiet clearing in the woods, where he lay down to wait until his strength should return.
The Animals heard about the Stag’s illness and came to ask after his health.
Of course, they were all hungry, and helped themselves freely to the Stag’s food; and as you would expect, the Stag soon starved to death.
Good will is worth nothing unless it is accompanied by good acts.
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Aesop was a slave and storyteller who is thought to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. It is believed that he eventually became a free man.
Most of the characters in his fables are animals with human characteristics used moral lessons.
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