The book includes the fables of Aesop, the legendary ancient Greek slave, in translations by Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy. Aesop became famous for writing short stories about animals, in which he exposed human vices. And he did it so masterfully that people easily recognized the prototype of the hero. Aesop’s fables spread all over the world and were translated into different languages, and the lines from them became famous. L.N. Tolstoy made his translation of Aesop's stories as close as possible to the original, but understandable to the village children whom the writer taught. Fables do not lose their relevance today, because Aesop raised “eternal” themes in them. A translation by L.N. Tolstoy makes our publication unique. Drawings by Russian graphic artist, caricaturist and illustrator Mikhail Aleksandrovich Skobelev. For middle school age.