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A Hound, who had been excellent one in his time, and had done good service to his master in the field, at length become worn out with the weight of years and trouble.
One day, when hunting the wild boar, he seized the creature by the ear, but his teeth giving way, he was forced to let go his hold, and the boar escaped. Upon this the huntsman, coming up, severely rate him. But the feeble Dog replied: "Spare your old servant! it was the power not not the will that failed me. Remember rather what I was, than abuse me for what I am.
A Bowman took aim at an Eagle and hit him in the heart. As the Eagle turned his head in the agonies of death, he saw that the Arrow was winged with his own feathers.
"How much sharper," said he, "are the wounds made by weapons which we ourselves have supplied!"
Some Geese and some Cranes fed together in the same field. One day the sportsmen came suddenly down upon them. The Cranes being light of body, flew off in a moment; but the geese, weighted down by their fat, were all taken.
In civil commotions, they fare best who have least to fetter them.
A Wolf that had been bitten by a Dog, and was in a very sad case, being unable to move, called to a Sheep that was passing by, and begged her to fetch him some water from the neighboring stream. "For if you," said he, "will bring me drink, I will find meat myself." "
Yes," said the Sheep, "I make no doubt of it; for, if I come near enough to give you the drink, you will soon make mince-meat of me."
A Wolf had got a bone stuck in his throat and in the greatest agony ran up and down, beseeching every animal he met to relieve him, at the same time hinting at a very handsome reward to the successful operator. A Crane, moved by his entreaties and promises, ventured her long neck down the Wolfs throat, and drew out the bone. She then modestly for the promised reward. To which the Wolf, grinning and showing his teeth, replied with seeming indignation: "Ungreateful creature! to ask for any other reward than that you have put you head into a wolfs jaws and brought it safe again!"
Those who are charitable only in the hope of a return must not be surprised if in their dealings with evil men, they meet with more jeers than thanks.
A hare jeered at a tortoise for the slowness of his pace .But he laughed ,and said that he would run against her and beat her any day she would name ."Come on ," said the hare ,"you will soon see what my feet are made of ."So it was agreed that they should start at once .The tortoise went off jogging along ,without a moments stopping ,at his usual steady pace .The hare treating the whole matter very lightly ,said he would first take a little nap ,and that she should soon overtake the tortoise .Meanwhile ,the tortoise plodded on ,and the hare ,oversleeping herself ,arrived at the goal ,only to see that the tortoise had got in before her .
Slow and steady wins the race.
There was once a young Shepherd Boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain near a dark forest.
It was rather lonely for him all day, so he thought upon a plan by which he could get a little company and some excitement.
He rushed down towards the village calling out “Wolf, Wolf," and the villagers came out to meet him, and some of them stopped with him for a considerable time. This pleased the boy so much that a few days afterwards he tried the same trick, and again the villagers came to his help.
But shortly after this a Wolf actually did come out from the forest, and began to worry the sheep, and the boy of course cried out “Wolf, Wolf," still louder than before.
But this time the villagers, who had been fooled twice before, thought the boy was again deceiving them, and nobody stirred to come to his help. So the Wolf made a good meal off the boys flock, and when the boy complained, the wise man of the village said:
“A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth."
A Wolf that had been bitten by a Dog, and was in a very sad case, being unable to move, called to a Sheep that was passing by, and begged her to fetch him some water from the neighboring stream.
"For if you," said he, "will bring me drink, I will find meat myself." "Yes," said the Sheep, "I make no doubt of it; for, if I come near enough to give you the drink, you will soon make mince-meat of me."
A jackdaw, as vain and conceited as jackdaw could be, picked up the feathers which some peacocks had shed, stuck them amongst his own, and despising his old companions, introduced himself with the greatest assurance into a flock of those beautiful birds .They, instantly detecting the intruder, stripped him of his borrowed plumes, and falling upon him with their beaks sent him about his business .
The unlucky jackdaw, sorely punished and deeply sorrowing, betook himself to his former companions, and would have flocked with them again as if nothing had happened .But they, recollecting what airs he had given himself, drummed him out of their society, while one of those whom he had so lately despised, read him this lecture :"Had you been contented with what nature made you, you would have escaped the chastisement of you r betters and also the contempt of you r equals."
Some people say that rats are ugly creatures. When they see a rat running a long, they go ee-yuck ! Well I dont know about you, but Ive always thought that this was rather rude. Rats can have hurt feelings too you know ! In any case, When I catch sight of my reflection in a stream, I think Im rather cute.
Just recently, I was trotting along the Kings Highway, in my sweet little way, when I heard a great commotion on the road up head. Who or what is causing all that fuss? I wondered.
When I got closer, I saw the king himself, riding along on top of a great fat lump of an elephant. The crowd of onlookers was ooo-ing and aah-ing full of admiration for that stupid beast with a nose thats far too big for her face. Shes much uglier than me, I thought. And so I started to spring up and down and say, hey every one, Why not look at me ! Im such a cutie-pie! I could join the kings household and be a Royal Rat, if only there was any justice in the world.
At first, nobody noticed me. They were all too busy oggling that stupid elephant. And little did I know, but riding behind the elephant in a carriage, was the princess, and she was holding a beastly cat in her arms. When he caught sight of me, the cat lept out of the carriage and started to chase me. I had to run for my life, and just popped down a hole in time before the cat could eat me up.
And so now Ive changed my mind about wanting people to notice me and admire me. Ive decided that sometimes, its far better not to draw attention to yourself, but just to get on quietly with your own business.
Once a fox invited a stork to dinner. He put nothing on the table except some soup in a very shallow dish.
The fox could easily lap up the soup, but the stork could only wet the end of her long bill in it. When she left the meal, she was still very hungry. "I am sorry," said the fox, "the soup is not to your taste."
"Please do not apologize," said the stork. "I hope you will come to my house, and dine with me soon."
A few days later the fox visited the stork. He found that his food was put in a long bottle, and the mouth of the bottle was very narrow. He could not his big mouth into it, so he ate nothing.
"I will not apologize," said the stork. "One bad turn deserves another."
A wolf met a lamb that had walked away from the other sheep in the fold. He told the lamb that he wouldnt hurt him. Secretly though, he planned to eat the lamb! But first he needed to find a good reason for eating the lamb.
So he said to the lamb, "Sir, last year you rudely insulted me."
"I dont think thats possible," bleated the lamb in a sad voice, "I was not even born then."
So the wolf then said, "You eat the grass in my field."
"No, good sir," replied the lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass."
the wolf tried again. "You drink the water in my well," he growled.
"No!" exclaimed the lamb, "I never drank your water because my mothers milk is both food and drink to me."
Suddenly the wolf jumped on the lamb and ate him up, saying, "Well! I wont be hungry even though you argue against every one of my reasons for eating you."
Moral: the tyrant will always find a reason for his tyranny.
A Flea once said to an Ox, “How comes it that a big strong fellow like you is content to serve mankind, and do all their hard work for them, while I, who am no bigger than you see, live on their bodies and drink my fill of their blood, and never do a stroke for it all?"
To which the Ox replied, “Men are very kind to me, and so I am grateful to them: they feed and house me well, and every now and then they show their fondness for me by patting me on the head and neck." "Theyd pat me too," said the Flea, “if let them: but I take good care they dont, or there would be nothing left of me."
In a field, there lived an ant and a grasshopper. The ant was very hardworking. All through the summer, it would get up early in the morning and carry food to its nest. It would collect grains and store them carefully.
The grasshopper, on the other hand, was very lazy. He spent his days singing and dancing in the sun. He would laugh at the ant for working so hard. "Why do you work so much when there is so much time to play?" he would ask the ant.
The ant would just reply, "Im preparing for the winter." But the grasshopper didnt listen.
When winter came, the fields were covered with snow. The grasshopper had no food and was very cold. He went to the ants nest and asked for food. The ant said, "If you had worked hard in the summer like I did, you would have food now. But since you didnt, I cant give you any of my food."
Once a lion was sleeping in the forest. A little mouse came running by and accidentally ran over the lions nose. The lion woke up very angry and caught the mouse.
The mouse was very scared and begged the lion to let it go. "Please, Lion! Let me go. Im so small and I didnt mean to disturb you. Maybe one day I can help you too," said the mouse.
The lion laughed at the idea of a mouse helping him. But he was feeling generous and let the mouse go.
Some days later, the lion was caught in a hunters net. He tried very hard to get out but couldnt. The little mouse heard the lions roars and came to help. It started to bite the net with its sharp teeth.
After a while, the net was broken and the lion was free. The lion thanked the mouse and said, "You were right. Even a small mouse can help a mighty lion."