The Ant And The Grasshopper

If the ant and the grasshopper were actually pugs, then they would have both spent the harvest season being lazy and dozing.

Moral: Idleness brings want.  So always have a human trained to work hard for you and feed you yummy food.

The Pugs and The Wolf

These collared pugs don't agree with this starving, yet free, wolf. A pug's #1 priority is to make sure it gets fed and fed well! I also don't think pugs are capable of living on their own in the wild anyways. With their smushed faces, bulging and often scratched eyes, floppy ears prone to infections, wrinkles that need regular cleaning, need for regular feedings, and constant desire for human attention and affection, I think pugs are just not meant to live in the wild.

Moral: A full belly is worth ANYTHING to a pug.

The Pug in Borrowed Feathers

This lil pug is strutting around in some borrowed feathers, not realizing that the peacocks not only see through her act, but also think she's a weirdo.

Moral: Borrowed fine feathers do not make pugs into fine birds (duh).

The Town Pug And The Country Pug

Here we have a country pug and a town pug. The country pug may enjoy the simpler foods and pleasures in life but he does it in relative safety compared to the rich but dangerous life of the town pug. Although going back to the original fable, I think a mouse has it pretty risky either way. I have one word for the supposedly safe country mouse - OWLS. Anyways getting back to these pugs, I drew these mainly because I've been looking for an excuse to draw a pug in overalls or fancified with an ascot, top hat, and monocle! (obviously Monopoly and Scrooge McDuck were big parts of my childhood). But really, if town pug is so fancy, then where are his pants? (answer: see above reference to Scrooge McDuck).

Moral: Poverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and with no pants.

The Fox And The Grapes (Pug Version)

This lil fox pug is trying his hardest to reach those tasty grapes!  Well lil fox pug, it's actually a good thing you can't reach them because grapes are toxic to dogs!  But I bet this lil fox pug won't give up and will forever remember the exact spot where these grapes are so that he can return to them over and over again, and then show them to you and demand that you rescue the bunch for him.  Don't do it!

Moral: It is easy for pugs to forever remember food they cannot get.

The Tortoise And The Hare (Pug Version)

When I was little I had a book of beautifully illustrated Aesop's fables.  Any time I was bored and out of new reading materials, I loved to flip through the book and reread some of my favorite ones.  I thought it would be fun to draw some of my favorite fables, pug style of course!  So here is my depiction of The Tortoise and the Hare.  The tortoise pug and hare pug didn't have that far to race but after their initial burst of energy and some pugtonas, they quickly petered out and decided to take a nap.

Moral: Slow and steady, makes pugs sleepy.