The Fables of Pilpay


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These moralistic stories within stories date back to the Sanskrit text Panchatantra (200 BC – 300 AD). They were first translated into Arabic by a Persian named Ruzbeh who named it Book of Kalilah and Dimna and then by Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa and later Joseph Harris in 1679 and then remodeled in 1818. Max Mueller noted that La Fontaine was indebted to the work and other scholars have noted that Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont and John Fletcher were both familiar with the fables. The Fables of Pilpay are a series of inter-woven fables, many of which deploy metaphors of anthropomorphized animals with human virtues and vices. (Summary by The introduction and Wikipedia)

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Preface 9:06 Read by April Mendis
Introduction 9:24 Read by Craig Campbell
The Story Of Dabschelim And Pilpay 17:22 Read by czandra
The Travelling Pidgeon 14:27 Read by Craig Campbell
The Falcon and the Raven 5:26 Read by Rebecca Eden Walker
The greedy and ambitious Cat 6:50 Read by Tasha C Mapes
The poor Man who became a great King 6:46
The Leopard and the Lion 7:01 Read by Kingsnake
The Merchant and his Children 4:15
The King and his two Sons 4:51 Read by Tasha C Mapes
The Demise, the Falcon, and the Raven 2:58 Read by Monicha1
The Countryman and several Rats 7:46 Read by Monicha1
The Carpenter and the Ape 1:49 Read by Monicha1
The two Travellers, and the Lion carved in Stone 17:28 Read by Craig Campbell
The Fox and the Hen 8:04 Read by Christina Fu
The Sparrow and the Sparrow-hawk 5:59 Read by Michael MacTaggert
The King who from a savage Tyrant, became benign and just 3:48 Read by Alan Mapstone
A Raven, a Fox, and a Serpent 1:55 Read by Rebecca Eden Walker
The Crane and the Craw-fish 6:56 Read by Craig Campbell
The Rabbit, the Fox, and the Wolf 5:32 Read by Craig Campbell
The Lion and the Rabbit 8:37 Read by Hannah Dormor
The two Fishermen and the three Fishes 3:04 Read by Hannah Dormor
The Scorpion and the Tortoise 10:24 Read by Hannah Dormor
The Falcon and the Hen 2:54 Read by Hannah Dormor
The Nightingale and the Countryman 3:31 Read by April Mendis
The Hunter, the Fox, and the Leopard 2:33 Read by Gini Pug
The Wolf, the Fox, the Raven, and the Camel 8:50 Read by Gini Pug
The Angel Ruler of the Sea and two Birds, called Gerandi 2:40 Read by Ellies
The Tortoise and two Ducks 7:32 Read by Craig Campbell
Two young Merchants, the one crafty, and the other without Deceit 4:59 Read by Michael MacTaggert
The Frog, the Craw-fish, and the Serpent 4:42 Read by Jonathan Gary
The Gardener and the Bear 3:09 Read by Gini Pug
The Merchant and his Friend 6:37
The Fox, the Wolf, and the Raven 3:58
The Ass and the Gardener 5:01
The Prince and his Minister 5:39
A Hermit who quitted the Desert to live at Court 6:49
The blind Man who travelled with one of his Friends 6:33
A religious Doctor and a Dervise 10:04
Three envious Persons that found Money 9:31
The ignorant Physician 14:39 Read by Ellies
The Raven, the Rat, and the Pigeons 7:25 Read by Gini Pug
The Partridge and the Falcon 5:46 Read by Michael MacTaggert
The Man and the Adder 12:18 Read by Mary in Arkansas
The Adventures of Zirac 4:19 Read by Alan Mapstone
A Husband and his Wife 2:21 Read by Rebecca Eden Walker
The Hunter and the Wolf 8:53 Read by Michael MacTaggert
The ravenous Cat 4:04 Read by holtonhj64
The two Friends 11:10 Read by Sandy Kurtz
The Ravens and the Owls 10:57 Read by Craig Campbell
The Origin of the Hatred between the Ravens and the Owls 3:56
The Elephants and the Rabbits 7:45 Read by Jennifer Louise
The Cat and the two Birds 5:25 Read by April Mendis
The Dervise and the Four Robbers 7:06
The Merchant, his Wife, and the Robber 2:51 Read by April Mendis
The Dervise, the Thief, and the Devil 6:15 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Monkeys and the Bears 15:56 Read by Mary in Arkansas
The Mouse that was changed into a little Girl 5:54 Read by Michael MacTaggert
The Serpent and the Frogs 4:45