Asatru Folk Assembly - Aesop's Fables, Part 1 (Academy Storytime)

00:00:00.000 Hello kids, Uncle Chris going to read some stories from myself's fables.

00:00:26.780 The first, the wolf and the kid.

00:00:30.000 There was once a little kid whose growing horns made him think he was a grown-up billy goat and able to take care of himself.

00:00:40.260 So one evening, when the flock started home from the pasture and his mother called, the kid paid no heed and kept right on nibbling the tender grass.

00:00:49.820 A little later, when he lifted his head, the flock was gone.

00:00:53.700 He was all alone. The sun was sinking. Long shadows came creeping over the ground.

00:01:00.000 A chilly little wind came creeping with them, making scary noises in the grass.

00:01:08.540 The kid shivered as he thought of the terrible wolf.

00:01:13.900 Then he started wildly over the field, leading for his mother.

00:01:18.380 But not halfway near a clump of trees, there was the wolf.

00:01:23.440 The kid knew there was little hope for him.

00:01:26.700 Please, Mr. Wolf, he said, trembling.

00:01:28.980 I know you're going to eat me, but first please pipe me a tune, for I want to dance and be merry as long as I can.

00:01:38.140 The wolf liked the idea of a little music before eating, so he struck up a merry tune and the kid leapt and frisked gaily.

00:01:48.880 Meanwhile, the flock was moving slowly homeward.

00:01:52.840 In the still evening air, the wolf's piping carried far.

00:01:56.220 The shepherd dogs pricked up their ears

00:02:00.140 They recognized the song the wolf sings before a feast

00:02:03.680 And in a moment, they were racing back to the pasture

00:02:07.420 The wolf's song ended suddenly

00:02:10.940 And as he ran with the dogs at his heels 0.95

00:02:13.960 He called himself a fool for turning Piper to please a kid 0.97

00:02:18.180 When he should have stuck to his butcher's trade 0.98

00:02:21.720 Do not let anything turn you from your purpose

00:02:26.060 The Tortoise and the Duck

00:02:33.380 The Tortoise, you know, carries his house on his back.

00:02:39.200 No matter how hard he tries, he cannot leave home.

00:02:43.960 They say that Jupiter punished him so, because he was such a lazy stay-at-home

00:02:49.380 that he would not go to Jupiter's wedding, even when especially invited.

00:02:54.080 after many years tortoise began to wish he had gone to that wedding when he saw how gaily the

00:03:02.720 birds flew about and how the hare and the chipmunk and all the other animals ran nimbly by always

00:03:09.040 eager to see everything there was to be seen the tortoise felt very sad and discontented

00:03:15.260 he wanted to see the world too and there he was with a house on his back and little short legs

00:03:22.440 that could hardly drag him along. One day he met a pair of ducks and told them all his trouble.

00:03:31.240 We can help you see the world, said the ducks. Take hold of this stick with your teeth, and we

00:03:36.340 will carry you far up in the air where you can see the whole countryside. But keep quiet, or you will

00:03:42.420 be sorry. The tortoise was very glad indeed. He seized the stick firmly with his teeth. The two

00:03:50.760 ducks took hold of it, one at each end, and away they sailed up towards the clouds.

00:03:57.660 Just then a crow flew by. He was very much astonished at a strange sight and cried,

00:04:04.300 This must surely be the king of the tortoises. Why, certainly, began the tortoise, but as he

00:04:10.680 opened his mouth to say these foolish words, he lost his hold on the stick, and down he fell to 0.51

00:04:15.500 the ground, where he was dashed to pieces on a rock. Foolish curiosity and vanity often lead to 0.96

00:04:25.080 misfortune. Belling the Cat. The mice once called a meeting to decide on a plan to free themselves 0.99

00:04:38.140 of their enemy, the cat. At least they wished to find some way of knowing when she was coming,

00:04:43.920 so they might have time to run away. Indeed, something had to be done, for they lived in such

00:04:52.220 constant fear of her claws that they hardly dared stir from their dens by night or day.

00:04:59.200 Many plans were discussed, but none of them was thought good enough. At last, a very young mouse

00:05:05.420 got up and said, I have a plan that seems very simple, but I know it will be successful.

00:05:11.040 all we have to do is hang a bell about the cat's neck when we hear the bell ringing we will know

00:05:18.300 immediately that our enemy is coming all the mice were much surprised that they had not sought

00:05:23.900 of such a plan before but in the midst of their rejoicing over their good fortune an old mouse

00:05:30.820 arose and said i will say that the plan of the young mouse is very good but let me ask you one

00:05:40.400 question, who will bell the cat? It is one thing to say that something should be done,

00:05:48.440 but quite a different matter to do it.

00:05:54.560 The Eagle and the Jackdaw

00:05:56.740 An eagle, swooping down on powerful wings, seized a lamb in her talons and made off with 0.99

00:06:04.620 it to her nest. A jackdaw saw the deed, and his silly head was filled with the idea that he was 0.98

00:06:12.060 big and strong enough to do as the eagle had done. So which must rustling of feathers and a fierce 0.99

00:06:20.700 air, he came down swiftly on the back of a large ram. But when he tried to rise again, he found

00:06:26.620 that he could not get away, for his claws were tangled in the wool, and so far he was from

00:06:33.020 carrying away the ram, that the ram had hardly noticed he was there. The shepherd saw the

00:06:40.500 fluttering jackdaw and at once guessed what had happened. Running up, he caught the bird and

00:06:45.560 clipped its wings. That evening he gave the jackdaw to his children. What a funny bird this is,

00:06:53.040 they said laughing. What do you call it, father? That is a jackdaw, my children, but if you should

00:06:59.960 ask him, he would say he is an eagle. Do not let your vanity make you overestimate your powers.

00:07:12.760 The Boy and the Filberts

00:07:14.700 A boy was given permission to put his hand into a pitcher to get some filberts,

00:07:21.720 but he took such a great fistful that he could not draw his hand out again.

00:07:26.260 There he stood, unwilling to give up a single filbert and yet unable to get them all out at once.

00:07:33.280 Vexed and disappointed, he began to cry.

00:07:37.060 My boy, said his mother, be satisfied with half the nuts you have taken and you will easily get your hand out.

00:07:42.900 Then perhaps you may have some more filberts some other time.

00:07:47.920 Do not attempt too much at once.

00:07:50.580 Hercules and the Wagner

00:07:56.600 A farmer was driving his wagon along a miry country road after a heavy rain.

00:08:08.120 The horses could hardly drag the load through the deep mud,

00:08:12.260 and at last came to a standstill when one of the wheels sank to the hub in the rut.

00:08:18.380 the farmer climbed down from his seat and stood beside the wagon looking at it but without making

00:08:25.260 the least effort to get it out of the rut all he did was to curse his bad luck and call loudly

00:08:31.960 on hercules to come to his aid then it is said hercules really did appear saying put your shoulder

00:08:38.500 to the wheel man and urge on your horses do you think you can move the wagon by simply looking

00:08:43.920 at it and whining about it, Hercules will not help unless you make some effort to help

00:08:48.140 yourself.

00:08:49.900 And when the farmer put his shoulder to the wheel and urged on the horses, the wagon moved

00:08:53.260 very readily, and soon the farmer was riding along in great content with a good lesson

00:08:57.400 learned.

00:08:58.980 Self-help is the best help.

00:09:07.240 The Kid and the Wolf

00:09:08.780 A frisky young kid had been left by the herdsman on the thatched roof of a sheep shelter to keep

00:09:17.480 him out of harm's way. The kid was browsing near the edge of the roof when he spied a wolf and

00:09:23.560 began to jeer at him, making faces and abusing him to his heart's content. I hear you, said the wolf,

00:09:31.220 and I haven't the least grudge against you for what you say or do. When you are up there,

00:09:37.220 it is the roof that's talking, not you. Do not say anything at any time that you would not say

00:09:45.280 at all times.

Asatru Folk Assembly - November 11, 2023

Aesop's Fables, Part 1 (Academy Storytime)

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