Classic Fable Fan Gifts

"It wasn't so much losing the race, it was losing the shoe contract."

'This has all the makings of a fable. But first lets take lots of tests.'

'This wasn't quite the fairytale ending that Colin had anticipated...'

"Why is there so much emphasis put on our stupid race?" "I think people are more interested in it as a metaphor than as an actual race." "Slow and steady wins the race, that sort of thing." "That would explain why I always lose..." "Bartender, another please." "Maybe you should slow down." "You never learn do you?"

"Eat my dust!"

'I don't care what the Hares have. Dial-Up is good enough for us!'

Thomas Hardy

Mouse is doctor to lions with thorns in paws.

'The next case Your Honor, is a palimony suit. The ant vs the grasshopper.'

Tortoise and hare on treadmills.

'Have you tried a licensed health practicioner?'

'I'll place the bets. You just be sure to hit the hare with the tranquilizer.'

'Thanks to the internet, I can telecommute a few days a week now: I don't need to waste so much time travelling...'

Cop gives ASBO to cockerel: 'This of this as a cock-a-doodle-don't.'

Drug Testing Unit: 'Uh Oh!'

The hare and the tortoise - the rematch.

'If you're out and about today don't forget the pith helmet.'

"After the big race, the tortoise and the hare are ordered to provide urine samples."

Hare tells tortoise: 'Remembe the plan: on the final stretch, you go down.'

Androcles, the Lion, and Sid, health insurance auditor.

'Gretel, she's lying. It's not gluten free!'

"They're perfect astronauts. Fast velocity followed by a long, slow pace."

"Same hectic routine every damn year. Mind if I hang back with you?"

Snow White and the Seven Dorks.

The tortoise and the hare are in a shoe store trying on shoes in preparation for their race.

' Sheesh! I think people are getting tired of hearing those fables of Aesop's

"I think feeling a certain amount of anxiety over the up coming race with the Hare is perfectly normal!"

"I didn't hear the full story, but you came from either the stork or ebay."

'I'll be glad when you get you replacement glasses.'

Scrabble with the Hares and Tortoise

Aesop's Fables: The Fox and the Crow

The Tortoise and the Herring. Triathlon. I always knew that I'd pass him after the swimming portion of the race.

Yeah, yeah, yeah - tell my editor the fables are almost done, and she'll have them as soon as

The tortoise and hare

'Then, one day a kid yelled, 'Man, look at that ugly duck with the long neck and the black mole over it's beak.'. To think I spent years parading around thinking I was a swan.'