Eight of Aesop's best-loved tales, specially adapted for young children and read by some of Britain's most well-known actors. The stories are: The Dog, the Cockerel and the Fox read by Jane Horrocks/The Miller, His Son and the Donkey read by Jonathan Pryce/The Wolf and the Heron read by Brenda Blethyn/The Donkey in the Lion's Skin read by Richard Briers/The Ant and the Grasshopper read by Alison Steadman/The Vain Jackdaw read by Lindsay Duncan/The Frogs Who Wanted a King read by Richard E. Grant/The Cat and the Mice read by Jane Horrocks.