Dragonfly and ant. Fables

Ivan Andreevich Krylov (1769 - 1844) - wrote a great many fables, all of them entered the nine lifetime collections of the author, and many were translated into foreign languages.
The moralizing fables I.A. Krylova cannot be recognized: they are distinguished by liveliness of speech, an original form of writing and the ability to witty and unpretentiously ridicule human vices and disadvantages.
In addition to well -known fables (“Dragonfly and Ant”, “Elephant and Moska”, “Monkey and Glasses”, “Swan, pike and cancer”) The book includes many others who will not only introduce the child with folk wisdom, but also tell you why they sometimes say “WHO and now”, “I didn’t even notice the elephant”, “but Larchik simply opened. ”
For more than a hundred years of the work of I.A. Krylova remain classics of Russian literature.
For secondary school age