Aesops Tales
Here is a nice fable by Aesop, the ancient Greek writer who wrote meaningful stories with animals and birds:
One day in old times a carpenter gave to his young assistant a piece of meat he bought from a nearby butcher instructing him to take it home and give it to his beloved one (meaning of course his wife in order to cook for the dinner (on those days these assistants were usually working only for food and to get trained for their job).