Aesop's fables . THE MOTHER, AND HER CHILD A HUNGRY Wolf was prowling about in search of^^^ food. By and by, attracted by the cries of aChild, he came to a cottage. As he crouched beneaththe window, he heard the Mother say to the Child, Stop crying, do ! or Ill throw you to the she really meant what she said, he waited therea long time in the expectation of satisfying his the evening he heard the Mother fondling her Childand saying, If the naughty Wolf comes, he shantget my little one : Daddy will kill him. The Wolfgot up m much disgust and walked away : As for thepeopl
Aesop's fables . THE MOTHER, AND HER CHILD A HUNGRY Wolf was prowling about in search of^^^ food. By and by, attracted by the cries of aChild, he came to a cottage. As he crouched beneaththe window, he heard the Mother say to the Child, Stop crying, do ! or Ill throw you to the she really meant what she said, he waited therea long time in the expectation of satisfying his the evening he heard the Mother fondling her Childand saying, If the naughty Wolf comes, he shantget my little one : Daddy will kill him. The Wolfgot up m much disgust and walked away : As for thepeople in that house, said he to himself, you cantbelieve a word they say. m 89 THE OLD WOMAN AND THE WINE-JAR AN old Woman picked up an empty Wine-jar whichhad once contained a rare and costly wine, andwhich still retained some traces of its exquisite raised it to her nose and sniffed at it again andagain. Ah, she cried, how delicious must have beenthe liquid which has left behind so ravishing a smell. 90. THE LIONESS AND THE VIXEN A LIONESS and a Vixen were talking together about-^^^ their young, as mothers will, and saying howhealthy and well-grown they were, and what beautifulcoats they had, and how they were the image of theirparents. My litter of cubs is a joy to see, said theFox ; and then she added, rather maliciously, But Inotice you never have more than one. No, said theLioness grimly, but that ones a lion. Quality, not quantity. THE VIPER AND THE FILE A VIPER entered a carpenters shop, and went?*^^ from one to another of the tools, begging forsomething to eat. Among the rest, he addressed himselfto the File, and asked for the favour of a meal. TheFile replied in a tone of pitying contempt, What asimpleton you must be if you imagine you will get any-thing from me, who invariably take from every one andnever give anything in return. The covetous are poor givers. 91 THE CAT AND THE COCK A CAT pounced on a Cock, and cast about for some^^^ good excuse for making a
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