《拉封丹寓言》是世界上最伟大的寓言故事集之一。“乌鸦和狐狸”、“青蛙希望和牛一样大”、“城里的老鼠和乡村的老鼠”、“狼和小羊”、“狮子和老鼠”和“老猫和小老鼠”等脍炙人口的故事，伴随了一代又一代人的美丽童年、少年直至成年。该书自首次出版三百多年以来，已被译成世界上几十种文字，并不断地被改编成漫画、卡通片、儿童剧等。本书选用最着名的英文译本，精选了其中60个寓言故事，并配以法国着名画家多雷的插画。

无论作为语言学习的课本，还是作为通俗的文学读本，本书对当代中国的大、中学生都将产生积极的影响。为了使读者提高阅读速度和阅读水平，在每篇英文寓言故事的开始部分增加了中文导读。

1．知了和蚂蚁/TheGrasshopperandtheAnt 1

2．乌鸦和狐狸/TheRavenandtheFox 4

3．青蛙希望和牛一样大/TheFrogThatWishedtobeasBigastheOx 7

4．两头骡子/TheTwoMules 10

5．狼和狗/TheWolfandtheDog 13

6．小母牛、山羊、绵羊和狮子结成联盟/TheHeifer,theGoat,andtheSheep,inCompanywiththeLion 17

7．褡裢/TheWallet 20

8．燕子和小鸟/TheSwallowandtheLittleBirds 24

9．城里的老鼠和乡村的老鼠/TheCityRatandtheCountryRat 29

10．狼和小羊/TheWolfandtheLamb 32

11．男人和他的镜像/TheManandHisImage 36

12．多头的龙和多尾巴的龙/TheDragonwithManyHeads,andtheDragonwithManyTails 40

13．盗贼和驴/TheThievesandtheAss 43

14．受神保护的西莫尼戴斯/SimonidesPreservedbytheGods 46

15．死神和不幸的人/DeathandtheUnfortunate 52

16．死神和樵夫/DeathandtheWoodman 55

17．一个男士和两位不同年龄的女士

TheManbetweenTwoAges,andHisTwoMistresses 58

18．狐狸和鹤/TheFoxandtheStork 62

19．男孩和教师/TheBoyandtheSchoolmaster 66

20．公鸡和珍珠/TheCockandthePearl 69

21．大黄蜂和蜜蜂/TheHornetsandtheBees 71

22．橡树和芦苇/TheOakandtheReed 75

23．斥爱挑剔的人/AgainsttheHardtoSuit 79

24．老鼠开会/TheCouncilHeldbytheRats 84

25．狼在猴子面前告狐狸

TheWolfAccusingtheFoxbeforetheMonkey 88

26．两头公牛和青蛙/TheTwoBullsandtheFrog 91

27．蝙蝠和两只黄鼠狼/TheBatandtheTwoWeasels 94

28．受箭伤的鸟/TheBirdWoundedbyanArrow 98

29．母猎狗和她的朋友/TheBitchandHerFriend 100

30．鹰和甲壳虫/TheEagleandtheBeetle 103

31．狮子和蚊子/TheLionandtheGnat 108

32．驮海绵的驴和驮盐的驴

TheAssLoadedwithSponges,andtheAssLoadedwithSalt 112

33．狮子和老鼠/TheLionandtheRat 116

34．鸽子和蚂蚁/TheDoveandtheAnt 119

35．落井的占星家/TheAstrologerWhoStumbledintoaWell 122

36．野兔和青蛙/TheHareandtheFrogs 126

37．公鸡和狐狸/TheCockandtheFox 129

38．乌鸦想模仿鹰/TheRavenWishingtoImitatetheEagle 133

39．孔雀向朱诺发牢骚/ThePeacockComplainingtoJuno 136

40．变成女人的猫/TheCatMetamorphosedintoaWoman 139

41．狮子和帮他打猎的驴/TheLionandtheAssHunting 143

42．由伊索来解释的遗嘱/TheWillExplainedbyAesop 146

43．尤利西斯的伙伴/TheCompanionsofUlysses 152

44．猫和两只麻雀/TheCatandtheTwoSparrows 161

45．守财奴和猴子/TheMiserandtheMonkey 165

46．两只山羊/TheTwoGoats 169

47．老猫和小老鼠/TheOldCatandtheYoungMouse 173

48．病鹿/TheSickStag 179

49．蝙蝠、荆棘和鸭子/TheBat,theBush,andtheDuck 182

50．狗猫之争和猫鼠之争

TheQuarreloftheDogsandCats,andThatoftheCatsandMice 186

51．狼和狐狸/TheWolfandtheFox 191

52．龙虾母女/TheLobsterandHerDaughter 197

53．鹰和喜鹊/TheEagleandtheMagpie 201

54．国王、鹞鹰和狩猎者/TheKing,theKite,andtheFalconer 205

55．狐狸、苍蝇和刺猬/TheFox,theFlies,andtheHedgehog 213

56．爱神和疯神/LoveandFolly 216

57．乌鸦、羚羊、乌龟和老鼠

TheRaven,theGazelle,theTortoise,andtheRat 220

58．森林和樵夫/ThewoodsandtheWoodman 229

59．狐狸、狼和马/TheFox,theWolf,andtheHorse 232

60．狐狸和火鸡/TheFoxandtheTurkeys 236