. Fables of Aesop and others. g the mice no longer come down asusual, hungry and disappointed of her prey, had re-course to this stratagem; she hung by her hinder legson a peg, which stuck in the wall, and made as if shehad been dead, hoping by this lure to entice the miceto come down. She had not been in this posturelong, before a cunning old mouse peeped over the edgeof the shelf, and spoke thus: Aha, my good friend!are you there? there you may be! I would not trustmyself with you, though your skin were stuffed withstraw. .ESOPS FABLES. 169 THE APPLICATION. Prudent folks never trust those a
. Fables of Aesop and others. g the mice no longer come down asusual, hungry and disappointed of her prey, had re-course to this stratagem; she hung by her hinder legson a peg, which stuck in the wall, and made as if shehad been dead, hoping by this lure to entice the miceto come down. She had not been in this posturelong, before a cunning old mouse peeped over the edgeof the shelf, and spoke thus: Aha, my good friend!are you there? there you may be! I would not trustmyself with you, though your skin were stuffed withstraw. .ESOPS FABLES. 169 THE APPLICATION. Prudent folks never trust those a second time, who have de-ceived them once. And indeed, we cannot well be too cautiousin following this rule; for upon examination, we shall find, thatmost of the misfortunes which befal us, proceed from our toogreat credulity. They that know how to suspect, withouthurting or exposing themselves, until honesty comes to bomore in fashion, can never suspect too much. FAB. LXXXIX. The Fox and the Countryman. % i iigjp^^2S5SS^S5^^. 11*111; A Fox being hard hunted, and having run a longchase, was quite tired. At last he spied a Countryfellow in a wood, to whom he applied for refuge, in-treating that he would give him leave to hide himselfin his cottage, until the hounds were gone by. Theman consented, and the Fox went and covered him-self up close in a corner of the hovel. Presently thehunters came up, and inquired of the man, if he hadseen the Fox. No, says he, I have not seen him in-deed; but all the while he pointed with his finger tothe place where the Fox was hid. However, the hun-P no ^SOPS FABLES. lers did not understand him, but called off the hounds,and went another way. Soon after, the Fox, creep-ing out of his hole, v/as going to sneak off*, when theman calling after him, asked him if that was his man-ners, to go away without thanking his benefactor, towhose fidelity he owed his life. Reynard^ who hadpeeped all the while, and seen what had passed, an-swered, I know what ob
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