A gentle retelling for listeners ages 3–5 of Aesop’s fable from The Aesop for Children (1919): a Dove drops a blade of straw to save an Ant from a brook, and soon after, the Ant stings a man on the heel just as he throws a stone at the Dove, so she flies to safety.
Read first 3 pagesThe opening of The Ant and the Dove: A Gentle Retelling, free to read.
A Dove sat on a willow branch by a brook, a little stream of fast, splashing water. Down below, a tiny Ant was walking along the edge.
Oh no! The Ant slipped on a wet stone. Down he tumbled, right into the brook. Splash! The water swept him away from the bank.
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