The elementary spelling book : being an improvement on The American spelling book . and if— And if! said the farmer; the businesst find would have been concluded without an if% had you beenIks ready to do justice to others as to exact it from them. FABLE V. THE CAT AND THE BAT. A certain cat had made such unmerciful havoc among therermin of her neighborhood, that not a single rat or mouselared venture to appear abroad. Puss was soon convincedthat if affairs remained in their present state, she must ere longstarve. After mature deliberation, therefore, she resolved toLave recourse to stratagem.
The elementary spelling book : being an improvement on The American spelling book . and if— And if! said the farmer; the businesst find would have been concluded without an if% had you beenIks ready to do justice to others as to exact it from them. FABLE V. THE CAT AND THE BAT. A certain cat had made such unmerciful havoc among therermin of her neighborhood, that not a single rat or mouselared venture to appear abroad. Puss was soon convincedthat if affairs remained in their present state, she must ere longstarve. After mature deliberation, therefore, she resolved toLave recourse to stratagem. For this purpose, she suspendedherself from-a hook with her head downward, pretending to bedead. The rats and mice, as they peeped from their holes, ob-serving her in this dangling attitude, concluded she was hang-ing for some misdemeanor, and with great joy immediatelysallied forth in quest of their prey. Puss, as soon as a sufficientnumber were collected together, quitting her hold, droppedinto the midst of them ; and very few had the fortune to make 144 THE ELEMENTARY 4fe. good their retreat. This artifice having succeeded so well, sheJwas encouraged to try the event of a second. Accordingly,she whitened her coat all over by rolling herself in a heap of iflour, and in this disguise she lay concealed in the bottom of ia meal tub. This stratagem was executed in general with thesame effect as the former. But an old experienced rat, alto-gether as cunning as his adversary, was not so easily dont quite like, said he,; that white heap yonder. Some-thing whispers me there is mischief concealed under it. 4Tistrue, it may be meal, but it may likewise be something that Ishould not relish quite as well. There can be no harm at lea6tin keeping at a proper distance; for caution, I am sure, is theparent of safety. FABLE VI.
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