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 Hare and the Tortoise read by Richard Briers/The Frogs and the Ox read by Jane Horrocks/The Fox and the Crow read by Jonathan Pryce/The Monkey as King read by Alison Steadman/The Bundle of Sticks read by Brenda Blethyn/The Gnat and the Lion read by Richard E. Grant/The North Wind and the Sun read by Lindsay Duncan/The Fox and the Grapes read by Alison Steadman.