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One of Aesop's Fables I remember the most is The Crow and the Pitcher.
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"The Crow and the Pitcher is a fable ascribed to Aesop, number 390 in the classification established by Perry. It is found in the 2nd century AD Greek fable collection by pseudo-Dositheus, and later appears in the 4th 5th century Latin verse collection by Avianus.

In the fable, a thirsty crow comes upon a pitcher with water at the bottom, beyond the reach of its beak. After failing to push over the pitcher, the crow devises a clever plan: it drops in pebbles, one by one, until the water rises to the top of the pitcher, allowing the crow to drink."

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A thirsty crow comes upon a pitcher with water at the bottom, beyond the reach of its beak. After failing to push over the pitcher, the crow devises a clever plan: it drops in pebbles, one by one, until the water rises to the top of the pitcher, allowing the crow to drink.

A Wolf found great difficulty in getting at the sheep owing to the vigilance of the shepherd and his dogs. But one day it found the skin of a sheep that had been flayed and thrown aside, so it put it on over its own pelt and strolled down among the sheep. The Lamb that belonged to the sheep, whose skin the Wolf was wearing, began to follow the Wolf in the Sheep's clothing; so, leading the Lamb a little apart, he soon made a meal off her, and for some time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep, and enjoying hearty meals.

Sources SXC.HU, jacket by linzstock @ deviantart

Once upon a time a Frog came forth from his home in the marshes and proclaimed to all the world that he was a learned physician, skilled in drugs and able to cure all diseases. Among the crowd was a Fox, who called out, "You a doctor! Why, how can you set up to heal others when you cannot even cure your own lame legs and blotched and wrinkled skin?" Physician, heal thyself.

Sources: medicine , bottles, frog, cash register

'A dog was running home with a piece of meat he had stolen, when he came across a stream, and in the water he saw another dog with a (it seemed to him) bigger piece of meat in it's mouth. The dog immediately let go of his own meat, and lunged at the other dog; but it was of course only his reflection, and so he lost his meat out of greed.'

I must have read this story to my kids a million times. What a fantastic contest idea. Here are the main sources.