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Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller supposed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today. Many of the stories, such as The Fox and the Grapes (from which the idiom "sour grapes" derives), The Tortoise and the Hare, The North Wind and the Sun, The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Ant and the Grasshopper are well-known throughout the world.

《伊索寓言》是世界上流传最广的寓言故事集，其文字凝练，故事生动，想象丰富，它篇幅短小，形式不拘，浅显的小故事中常常闪耀着智慧的光芒，爆发出机智的火花，蕴含着深刻的寓意。不仅是教会青少年关于善恶美丑观念的启蒙教材，而且是一本生活的教科书，是青少年必读的文学名著。本书是安徒生插画奖得主莉丝贝特·茨韦尔格的代表作之一。莉丝贝特·茨韦尔格以独到的眼光，选取了流传最广的十二则故事进行创作。她的画风干净温暖，用精致的细节把古老故事的幽默和情感表达得淋漓尽致，是经典的寓言故事绘本。