Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . 70 The Gnat and the Bull. THE GNAT AND THE BULL A STURDY Bull was driven by the heat of theweather to wade up to his knees in a cool andswift-running stream. He had not been there longwhen a Gnat, that had been disporting itself in theair, lighted upon one of his horns. My dear fellow, said the Gnat, with as greata buzz as he could manage, pray excuse the libertyI take. If I am too heavy, only say so, and I willgo at once and rest upon the poplar which growsby the edge of the s
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . 70 The Gnat and the Bull. THE GNAT AND THE BULL A STURDY Bull was driven by the heat of theweather to wade up to his knees in a cool andswift-running stream. He had not been there longwhen a Gnat, that had been disporting itself in theair, lighted upon one of his horns. My dear fellow, said the Gnat, with as greata buzz as he could manage, pray excuse the libertyI take. If I am too heavy, only say so, and I willgo at once and rest upon the poplar which growsby the edge of the stream. Stay or go, it makes no difference to me, repliedthe Bull. Had it not been for your buzz I shouldnot even have known you were there. Did you never see a silly little child, or even agrown person, who thought he was of great impor-tance, while all his acquaintances knew him to beneither a help nor a hindrance to others ? The Hare and the Tortoise 71 THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE OYOU slow one, you clumsy one, your uglyshape and plodding motions make me roarwith laughter, said the Hare to the Tortoise oneday as they met in the road. Per
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