The fables of Æsop, selected, told anew and their history traced . WO Pots had beenleft on the bank ofa river, one of brass,and one of the tide rose theyboth floated off down thestream. Now the earthen-ware pot tried its best to ^iy^^i^fe liSfliPl. ^SOPS FABLES 121 keep aloof from the brass one, which criedout : Fear nothing, friend, I will notstrike you. But I may come in contact with you,said the other, if I come too close ; andwhether I hit you, or you hit me, I shall sufferfor it. ^Ije strong; anU tlje toeafc cannot keep company

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