Fascinating: the author cheats!
E.g., "butch-ers" appears*, as if hyphenation makes it not a two-syllable word!
* https://archive.org/details/aesopsfablesinwo00aeso/page/12/m...
E.g., "butch-ers" appears*, as if hyphenation makes it not a two-syllable word!
* https://archive.org/details/aesopsfablesinwo00aeso/page/12/m...
Your source has “the dog and the shadow” (which subsequently uses “sha-dow”) and “the oxen and the butchers” (and note that “oxen” is not hyphenated). The Gutenberg edition instead has “the child and the brook” in their stead, and “the bear in the wood” inserted after the next one.