Reading Notes B

I am reading part B of The Fables of Aesop.  It followed the same pattern as The Fables of Aesop part A. A short story was told, followed by the moral of the story. Usually a wholesome message to children. Some of them were really good ones...
Then some of them were funny and didn't really follow suit. For example, The Mule story's message was 
   "Be sure of your pedigree before you boast of it."
Which to me seemed like an odd moral to the story, but maybe the author(s) was short on time and needed to fill the page, or maybe your lineage was a bigger issue in the early 1900s. 
A lot of the stories dealt with trust, and from what I gather you shouldn't trust anyone. The Wolf and the Shepard taught me 
   "Once a wolf always a wolf." 
The Cat the Cock and the Young Mouse dealt with a young mouse seeing a chicken for the first time and being terrified by it, while a cat looked beautiful and trusting. However, as the cat approached the rooster let out a shrill scaring the mouse off. He scurries home to his mother who tells him the cat was the evil in that situation. The young mouse learns to not base trust on appearances. 

Caption: Taylor Swift Look What You Made Me Do gif obtained from tumblr.com

I really enjoyed The Astrologer. As someone who tends to forget to worry about the small things (and pays the price for it), I really liked the overall message. 
   "Take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves."
Bibliography: author unknown with illustrations by Milo Winter (1919)