A gentle retelling for listeners ages 3–5 of Aesop’s fable from The Aesop for Children (1919): a greedy Dog crossing a footbridge with a bone sees his reflection, snaps at the bigger bone he thinks he sees, and loses his own in the river.
Read first 3 pagesThe opening of The Dog and His Reflection: A Gentle Retelling, free to read.
One day, the butcher tossed a bone out of his meat shop. A Dog jumped up and caught it in his mouth. Snap! What a good bone!
The Dog ran for home as fast as his legs would go. Trot, trot, trot! He held the bone tight in his teeth.
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