Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . THE FOX AND THE CROW A FOX once saw a Crow fly off witla piece of cheese in its beak andsettle on a branch of a tree. Thats for me, as I am a Fox, saidINIaster Renard, and he walked up tothe foot of the tree. Good-day, Mistress Crow, hecried. How well you are lookingto-day; how glossy your feathers; how bright yoin*eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that ofother birds, just as your figure does; let me hearyou sing, that I may call you queen of birds. The Crow lifted up he
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . THE FOX AND THE CROW A FOX once saw a Crow fly off witla piece of cheese in its beak andsettle on a branch of a tree. Thats for me, as I am a Fox, saidINIaster Renard, and he walked up tothe foot of the tree. Good-day, Mistress Crow, hecried. How well you are lookingto-day; how glossy your feathers; how bright yoin*eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that ofother birds, just as your figure does; let me hearyou sing, that I may call you queen of birds. The Crow lifted up her head and began to cawher best, but the moment she opened her mouththe piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to besnapped up by Master Fox. That will do, said he. That was all Iwanted. For your cheese I will give you a pieceof advice: Do not trust flatterers. The Boy and the Nettle 65 THE BOY AND THE NETTLE A LITTLE boy, playing in the fields, chanced. to be stung by a nettle, and came crying tohis father. That nasty weed has hurt me several , I am always afraid of it, and touched it aslightly as po
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