How many of us have not identified at least once with the lazy grasshopper or the hardworking ant? How many times have we desired something impossible with the same longing and feigned indifference with which the fox wanted to devour the grapes? Aesop's Fables, with their brevity and simplicity, have for centuries had the unchanged ability to move and entertain young and old alike, and to teach, especially the young, the truth about the human soul, always with a smile.