This timeless collection brings together three hundred of the most enduringly popular of Aesops fables in a collection that will delight young & old readers alike. Here are all the age-old favorites-the wily fox the vain peacock the predatory cat & steady tortoise-just as endearingly vivid & relevant now as they were for their very first audience. Although the three hundred fables in this collection are attributed to Aesop & his name is synonymous with the form it seems unlikely he was in fact anything more than a legendary figure. While some historical accounts maintain he was a slave with a prodigious talent for storytelling who lived during the sixth century B.C. many believe it unlikely that this whole stock of fables can be attributed to one individual.