. Picture fables . THIEF AND DOG. THIEF. Down, Doggie, down, raise no alarm,I havent come here to do you harm ;Look at this sausage, there, take it No, no, thats just why I bark—bow, have come here to steal, I see;Thats why youre friendly and kind to me. He barkd, the good dog, with all his might,Till it rang out far through the silent night;Till it roused the people who sleeping lay,And the wicked thief slunk baffled good care he took to come no more ;Then the dog lay down, for the danger was oer, 86. CHILD AND BEE. CHILD. Go away, go away, naughty Bee,Leave me, I te


. Picture fables . THIEF AND DOG. THIEF. Down, Doggie, down, raise no alarm,I havent come here to do you harm ;Look at this sausage, there, take it No, no, thats just why I bark—bow, have come here to steal, I see;Thats why youre friendly and kind to me. He barkd, the good dog, with all his might,Till it rang out far through the silent night;Till it roused the people who sleeping lay,And the wicked thief slunk baffled good care he took to come no more ;Then the dog lay down, for the danger was oer, 86. CHILD AND BEE. CHILD. Go away, go away, naughty Bee,Leave me, I tell you, want to give me a sting, I Let me speak, and dont scold me so; Youre always with me so angry and cross,If I gave no honey, youd feel the loss. Now, when the child thought the matter oer,He scolded the busy bee no more ;But saw how it hoverd the flowers about,Sucking from each the sweetness all his fear of the sting lost he, In praising the insects industry. 87


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