Aesop's fables . S A N Oak that grew on the bank of a river was uprooted^^^^ by a severe gale of wind, and thrown across thestream. It fell among some Reeds growmg by the water,and said to them, How is it that you, who are so frailand slender, have managed to weather the storm, whereasI, with all my strength, have been torn up by the rootsand hurled into the river? You were stubborn,came the reply, and fought against the storm, whichproved stronger than you : but we bow and yield toevery breeze, and thus the gale passed harmlessly overour heads. THE BLIND MAN AND THE CUB I HERE was once a Blin
Aesop's fables . S A N Oak that grew on the bank of a river was uprooted^^^^ by a severe gale of wind, and thrown across thestream. It fell among some Reeds growmg by the water,and said to them, How is it that you, who are so frailand slender, have managed to weather the storm, whereasI, with all my strength, have been torn up by the rootsand hurled into the river? You were stubborn,came the reply, and fought against the storm, whichproved stronger than you : but we bow and yield toevery breeze, and thus the gale passed harmlessly overour heads. THE BLIND MAN AND THE CUB I HERE was once a Blind Man who had so fine a-*? sense of touch that, when any animal was putinto his hands, he could tell what it was merely by thefeel of it. One day the Cub of a Wolf was put intohis hands, and he was asked what it was. He felt itfor some time, and then said, Indeed, I am not surewhether it is a Wolfs Cub or a Foxs : but this Iknow—it would never do to trust it in a sheepfold. Evil tendencies are early shown. 36. THE OAK AND THE REEDS THE BOY AND THE SNAILS A FARMERS BOY went looking for Snails, ::nd,^^^ when he had picked up both his hands full, heset about making a fire at which to roast them ; for hemeant to eat them. When it got well alight and theSnails began to feel the heat, they gradually withdrewmore and more into their shells with the hissing noisethey always make when they do so. When the Boyheard it, he said, You abandoned creatures, how canyou find heart to whistle when your houses are burning ? THE APES AND THE TWO TRAVELLERS I WO men were travelling together, one of whom-*? never spoke the truth, whereas the other nevertold a lie : and they came in the course of their travelsto the land of Apes. The King of the Apes, hearingof their arrival, ordered them to be brought before him ;and by way of impressing them with his magnificence,he received them sitting on a throne, while the Apes,his subjects, were ranged in long rows on either side ofhim. When the Travellers c
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