A mountain was once greatly agitated. Loud groans and noises were heard, and crowds of people came from all parts to see what was the matter. While they were assembled in anxious expectation of some terrible calamity, out came a Mouse.
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Aesop was an ancient Greek storyteller, believed to have lived around 620–564 BCE, whose fables have shaped moral literature across centuries and cultures. "The Mountain in Labor" is one of his most concise fables, distilling its lesson into a single, unforgettable punchline. It is the likely origin of the enduring expression "much ado about nothing."
