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 Heron and the Fish read by Jonathan Pryce/The Eagle and the Tortoise read by Alison Steadman/The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse read by Richard Briers/Belling the Cat read by Brenda Blethyn/The Too Fat Fox read by Jane Horrocks/The Rat and the Elephant read by Richard E. Grant/The Ant and the Dove read by Lindsay Duncan/The Boy Who Cried Wolf read by Richard Briers.