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Baby's Own Aesop (Version 2)

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h1><span class="sm">THE</span><br/> BABY’S<br/> OWN<br/> ÆSOP</h1> <h3>BEING THE FABLES CONDENSED IN RHYME<br/> WITH PORTABLE MORALS<br/> PICTORIALLY POINTED<br/> BY</h3> <h2>WALTER CRANE</h2> <hr /> <p class="border" style="padding-bottom: 1em; text-align: center"> <ANTIMG src="images/preface.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="607" alt="PREFACE" title="PREFACE" /></p> <h2>PREFACE</h2> <div class="blockquot"> <p style="text-indent: 2em">For this rhymed version of the Fables I have to thank my early friend and master <b>W.J. LINTON</b>, who kindly placed the MS. at my disposal. I have added a touch here and there, but the credit of this part of the book still belongs to him.</p> <p class="right">Walter Crane</p> </div> <hr /> <p class="border" style="text-align: center"> <ANTIMG src="images/dedication.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="483" alt="dedication" title="dedication" /></p> <p class="centerp"> <b>To the<br/> Possessors of<br/> “Baby’s Opera”<br/> &<br/> “Baby’s Bouquet”<br/> with<br/> Walter Crane’s<br/> Compliments</b><br/></p> <hr /> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/contents.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="581" alt="CONTENTS" title="CONTENTS" /></p> <h2><SPAN name="CONTENTS" id="CONTENTS"></SPAN>CONTENTS</h2> <div class="blockquot"> <ul> <li><span class="sm"><i>Page</i></span></li> <li><span style="margin-left: .5em;"><SPAN href='#Page_9'>9.</SPAN> <i>The Fox and the Grapes.</i></span></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_10'>10.</SPAN> <i>The Cock and the Pearl.</i>—<i>The Wolf and the Lamb.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_11'>11.</SPAN> <i>The Wind and the Sun.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_12'>12.</SPAN> <i>King Log and King Stork.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_13'>13.</SPAN> <i>The Frightened Lion.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_14'>14.</SPAN> <i>The Mouse and the Lion.</i>—<i>The Married Mouse.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_15'>15.</SPAN> <i>Hercules and the Waggoner.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_16'>16.</SPAN> <i>The Lazy Housemaids.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_17'>17.</SPAN> <i>The Snake and the File.</i>—<i>The Fox and the Crow.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_18'>18.</SPAN> <i>The Dog in the Manger.</i>—<i>The Frog and the Bull.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_19'>19.</SPAN> <i>The Fox and the Crane.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_20'>20.</SPAN> <i>Horse and Man.</i>—<i>The Ass and the Enemy.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_21'>21.</SPAN> <i>The Fox and the Mosquitoes.</i>—<i>The Fox and the Lion.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_22'>22.</SPAN> <i>The Miser and his Gold.</i>—<i>The Golden Eggs.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_23'>23.</SPAN> <i>The Man that pleased None.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_24'>24.</SPAN> <i>The Oak and the Reeds.</i>—<i>The Fir and the Bramble.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_25'>25.</SPAN> <i>The Trees and the Woodman.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_26'>26.</SPAN> <i>The Hart and the Vine.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_27'>27.</SPAN> <i>The Man and the Snake.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_28'>28.</SPAN> <i>The Fox and the Mask.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_29'>29.</SPAN> <i>The Ass in the Lion’s Skin.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_30'>30.</SPAN> <i>The Lion and the Statue.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_31'>31.</SPAN> <i>The Boaster.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_32'>32.</SPAN> <i>The Vain Jackdaw.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_33'>33.</SPAN> <i>The Peacock’s Complaint.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_34'>34.</SPAN> <i>The Two Jars.</i>—<i>The Two Crabs.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_35'>35.</SPAN> <i>Brother and Sister.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_36'>36.</SPAN> <i>The Fox without a Tail.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_37'>37.</SPAN> <i>The Dog and the Shadow.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_38'>38.</SPAN> <i>The Crow and the Pitcher.</i>—<i>The Eagle and the Crow.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_39'>39.</SPAN> <i>The Blind Doe.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_40'>40.</SPAN> <i>The Geese and the Cranes.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_41'>41.</SPAN> <i>The Trumpeter taken Prisoner.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_42'>42.</SPAN> <i>Hot and Cold.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_43'>43.</SPAN> <i>Neither Beast nor Bird.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_44'>44.</SPAN> <i>The Stag in the Ox-stall.</i>—<i>The Deer and the Lion.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_45'>45.</SPAN> <i>The Lion in Love.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_46'>46.</SPAN> <i>The Cat and Venus.</i>—<i>Mice in Council.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_47'>47.</SPAN> <i>The Hen and the Fox.</i>—<i>The Cat and the Fox.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_48'>48.</SPAN> <i>The Hare and the Tortoise.</i>—<i>The Hares and the Frogs.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_49'>49.</SPAN> <i>Porcupine, Snake & Company.</i>—<i>The Bear and the Bees.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_50'>50.</SPAN> <i>The Bundle of Sticks.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_51'>51.</SPAN> <i>The Farmer’s Treasure.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_52'>52.</SPAN> <i>The Cock, the Ass, and the Lion.</i>—<i>The Ass and the Lap Dog.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_53'>53.</SPAN> <i>Fortune and the Boy.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_54'>54.</SPAN> <i>The Ungrateful Wolf.</i>—<i>The Fisherman and the Fish.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_55'>55.</SPAN> <i>The Herdsman’s Votes.</i>—<i>The Horse and the Ass.</i></li> <li><SPAN href='#Page_56'>56.</SPAN> <i>The Ass and the Sick Lion.</i></li> </ul></div> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_9" id="Page_9">9</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/009.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="610" alt="The Fox and the Grapes" title="The Fox and the Grapes" /></p> <h1>ÆSOP’S FABLES</h1> <hr class="med" /> <h2>THE FOX & THE GRAPES</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> This Fox has a longing for grapes,<br/> He jumps, but the bunch still escapes.<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">So he goes away sour;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">And, ’tis said, to this hour</span><br/> Declares that he’s no taste for grapes.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">THE GRAPES OF DISAPPOINTMENT ARE ALWAYS SOUR</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_10" id="Page_10">10</SPAN></span></p> <p class="border" style="text-align: center"> <ANTIMG src="images/010.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="602" alt="The Cock and the Pearl" title="The Cock and the Pearl" /></p> <h2>THE COCK & THE PEARL</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> A rooster, while scratching for grain,<br/> Found a Pearl. He just paused to explain<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">That a jewel’s no good</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">To a fowl wanting food,</span><br/> And then kicked it aside with disdain.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">IF HE ASK BREAD WILL YE GIVE HIM A STONE?</p> <hr class="med" /> <h2>THE WOLF AND THE LAMB</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> A wolf, wanting lamb for his dinner,<br/> Growled out—“Lamb you wronged me, you sinner.”<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Bleated Lamb—“Nay, not true!”</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Answered Wolf—“Then ’twas Ewe—</span><br/> Ewe or lamb, you will serve for my dinner.”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">FRAUD AND VIOLENCE HAVE NO SCRUPLES</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_11" id="Page_11">11</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/011.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="599" alt="The Wind and the Sun" title="The Wind and the Sun" /></p> <h2>THE WIND & THE SUN</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> The Wind and the Sun had a bet,<br/> The wayfarers’ cloak which should get:<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Blew the Wind—the cloak clung:</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Shone the Sun—the cloak flung</span><br/> Showed the Sun had the best of it yet.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">TRUE STRENGTH IS NOT BLUSTER</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_12" id="Page_12">12</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/012.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="604" alt="King Log and King Stork" title="King Log and King Stork" /></p> <h2>KING LOG & KING STORK</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> The Frogs prayed to Jove for a king:<br/> “Not a log, but a livelier thing.”<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Jove sent them a Stork,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Who did royal work,</span><br/> For he gobbled them up, did their king.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">DON’T HAVE KINGS</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_13" id="Page_13">13</SPAN></span></p> <p class="border" style="text-align: center"> <ANTIMG src="images/013.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="603" alt="The Frightened Lion" title="The Frightened Lion" /></p> <h2>THE FRIGHTENED LION</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> A Bull Frog, according to rule,<br/> Sat a-croak in his usual pool:<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">And he laughed in his heart</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">As a Lion did start</span><br/> In a fright from the brink like a fool.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">IMAGINARY FEARS ARE THE WORST</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_14" id="Page_14">14</SPAN></span></p> <p class="border" style="text-align: center"> <ANTIMG src="images/014.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="610" alt="The Mouse and the Lion" title="The Mouse and the Lion" /></p> <h2>THE MOUSE & THE LION</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> A poor thing the Mouse was, and yet,<br/> When the Lion got caught in a net,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">All his strength was no use</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">’Twas the poor little Mouse</span><br/> Who nibbled him out of the net.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">SMALL CAUSES MAY PRODUCE GREAT RESULTS</p> <hr class="med" /> <h2>THE MARRIED MOUSE</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> So the Mouse had Miss Lion for bride;<br/> Very great was his joy and his pride:<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">But it chanced that she put</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">On her husband her foot,</span><br/> And the weight was too much, so he died.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">ONE MAY BE TOO AMBITIOUS</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_15" id="Page_15">15</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/015.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="600" alt="Hercules and the Waggoner" title="Hercules and the Waggoner" /></p> <h2>HERCULES & THE WAGGONER</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> When the God saw the Waggoner kneel,<br/> Crying, “Hercules! Lift me my wheel<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">From the mud, where ’tis stuck!”</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">He laughed—“No such luck;</span><br/> Set your shoulder yourself to the wheel.”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">THE GODS HELP THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_16" id="Page_16">16</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/016.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="600" alt="The Lazy Housemaids" title="The Lazy Housemaids" /></p> <h2>THE LAZY HOUSEMAIDS</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> Two Maids killed the Rooster whose warning<br/> Awoke them too soon every morning:<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">But small were their gains,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">For their Mistress took pains</span><br/> To rouse them herself without warning.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">LAZINESS IS ITS OWN PUNISHMENT</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_17" id="Page_17">17</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/017.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="599" alt="The Snake and the File" title="The Snake and the File" /></p> <h2>THE SNAKE & THE FILE</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> A Snake, in a fix, tried a File<br/> For a dinner. “’Tis not worth your while,”<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Said the steel, “don’t mistake;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">I’m accustomed to <span class="u">take</span>,</span><br/> To <span class="u">give’s</span> not the way of a File.”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">WE MAY MEET OUR MATCH</p> <hr class="med" /> <h2>THE FOX & THE CROW</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> Said sly Fox to the Crow with the cheese,<br/> “Let me hear your sweet voice, now do please!”<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">And this Crow, being weak,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Cawed the bit from her beak—</span><br/> “Music charms,” said the Fox, “and here’s cheese!”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">BEWARE OF FLATTERERS</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_18" id="Page_18">18</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/018.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="605" alt="The Dog in the Manger" title="The Dog in the Manger" /></p> <h2>THE DOG IN THE MANGER</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> A Cow sought a mouthful of hay;<br/> But a Dog in the manger there lay,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">And he snapped out “how now?”</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">When most mildly, the Cow</span><br/> Adventured a morsel to pray.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">DON’T BE SELFISH</p> <hr class="med" /> <h2>THE FROG & THE BULL</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> Said the Frog, quite puffed up to the eyes,<br/> “Was this Bull about me as to size?”<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">“Rather bigger, frog-brother.”</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">“Puff, puff,” said the other,</span><br/> “A Frog is a Bull if he tries!”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">BRAG IS NOT ALWAYS BELIEF</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_19" id="Page_19">19</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/019.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="604" alt="The Fox and the Crane" title="The Fox and the Crane" /></p> <h2>THE FOX & THE CRANE</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> You have heard how Sir Fox treated Crane:<br/> With soup in a plate. When again<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">They dined, a long bottle</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Just suited Crane’s throttle;</span><br/> And Sir Fox licked the outside in vain.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">THERE ARE GAMES THAT TWO CAN PLAY AT</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_20" id="Page_20">20</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/020.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="603" alt="Horse and Man" title="Horse and Man" /></p> <h2>HORSE AND MAN</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> When the Horse first took Man on his back,<br/> To help him the Stag to attack;<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">How little his dread,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">As the enemy fled,</span><br/> Man would make him his slave & his hack.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">ADVANTAGES MAY BE DEARLY BOUGHT</p> <hr class="med" /> <h2>THE ASS & THE ENEMY</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> “Get up! let us flee from the Foe,”<br/> Said the Man: but the Ass said, “Why so?”<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">“Will they double my load,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Or my blows? Then, by goad,</span><br/> And by stirrup, I’ve no cause to go.”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">YOUR REASONS ARE NOT MINE</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_21" id="Page_21">21</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/021.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="601" alt="The Fox and the Mosquitoes" title="The Fox and the Mosquitoes" /></p> <h2>THE FOX & THE MOSQUITOES</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> Being plagued with Mosquitoes one day,<br/> Said old Fox, “pray don’t send them away,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">For a hungrier swarm</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Would work me more harm;</span><br/> I had rather the full ones should stay.”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">THERE WERE POLITICIANS IN ÆSOP’S TIME</p> <hr class="med" /> <h2>THE FOX & THE LION</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> The first time the Fox had a sight<br/> Of the Lion, he ’most died of fright;<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">When he next met his eye,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Fox felt just a bit shy;</span><br/> But the next—quite at ease, & polite.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">FAMILIARITY DESTROYS FEAR</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_22" id="Page_22">22</SPAN></span></p> <p class="border" style="text-align: center"> <ANTIMG src="images/022.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="591" alt="The Miser and His Gold" title="The Miser and His Gold" /></p> <h2>THE MISER & HIS GOLD</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> He buried his Gold in a hole.<br/> One saw, and the treasure he stole.<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Said another, “What matter?</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Don’t raise such a clatter,</span><br/> You can still go & sit by the hole.”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">USE ALONE GIVES VALUE</p> <hr class="med" /> <h2>THE GOLDEN EGGS</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> A golden Egg, one every day,<br/> That simpleton’s Goose used to lay;<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">So he killed the poor thing,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Swifter fortune to bring,</span><br/> And dined off his fortune that day.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">GREED <span class="err" title="Transcriber’s Note: misspelling of ’OVERREACHES’">OVEREACHES</span> ITSELF</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_23" id="Page_23">23</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/023.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="601" alt="The Man That Pleased None" title="The Man That Pleased None" /></p> <h2>THE MAN THAT PLEASED NONE</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> Through the town this good Man & his Son<br/> Strove to ride as to please everyone:<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Self, Son, or both tried,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Then the Ass had a ride;</span><br/> While the world, at their efforts, poked fun.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">YOU CANNOT HOPE TO PLEASE ALL—DON’T TRY</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_24" id="Page_24">24</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/024.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="597" alt="The Oak and the Reeds" title="The Oak and the Reeds" /></p> <h2>THE OAK & THE REEDS</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> Giant Oak, in his strength & his scorn<br/> Of the winds, by the roots was uptorn:<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">But slim Reeds at his side,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">The fierce gale did outride,</span><br/> Since, by bending the burden was borne.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">BEND, NOT BREAK</p> <hr class="med" /> <h2>THE FIR & THE BRAMBLE</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> The Fir-tree looked down on the Bramble.<br/> “Poor thing, only able to scramble<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">About on the ground.”</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Just then an axe’ sound</span><br/> Made the Fir wish himself but a Bramble.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">PRIDE OF PLACE HAS ITS DISADVANTAGES</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_25" id="Page_25">25</SPAN></span></p> <p class="border" style="text-align: center"> <ANTIMG src="images/025.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="603" alt="The Trees and the Woodman" title="The Trees and the Woodman" /></p> <h2>THE TREES & THE WOODMAN</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> The Trees ask of Man what he lacks;<br/> “One bit, just to handle my axe?”<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">All he asks—well and good:</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">But he cuts down the wood,</span><br/> So well does he handle his axe!<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">“GIVE ME AN INCH & I’LL TAKE AN ELL”</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_26" id="Page_26">26</SPAN></span></p> <p class="border" style="text-align: center"> <ANTIMG src="images/026.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="600" alt="The Hart and the Vine" title="The Hart and the Vine" /></p> <h2>THE HART & THE VINE</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> A Hart by the hunters pursued,<br/> Safely hid in a Vine, till he chewed<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">The sweet tender green,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">And, through shaking leaves seen,</span><br/> He was slain by his ingratitude.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">SPARE YOUR BENEFACTORS</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_27" id="Page_27">27</SPAN></span></p> <p class="border" style="text-align: center"> <ANTIMG src="images/027.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="615" alt="The Man and the Snake" title="The Man and the Snake" /></p> <h2>THE MAN & THE SNAKE</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> In pity he brought the poor Snake<br/> To be warmed at his fire. A mistake!<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">For the ungrateful thing</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Wife & children would sting.</span><br/> I have known some as bad as the Snake.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">BEWARE HOW YOU ENTERTAIN TRAITORS</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_28" id="Page_28">28</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/028.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="605" alt="The Fox and the Mask" title="The Fox and the Mask" /></p> <h2>THE FOX & THE MASK</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> A Fox with his foot on a Mask,<br/> Thus took the fair semblance to task;<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">“You’re a real handsome face;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">But what part of your case</span><br/> Are your brains in, good Sir! let me ask?”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">MASKS ARE THE FACES OF SHAMS</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_29" id="Page_29">29</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/029.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="595" alt="The Ass in the Lion's Skin" title="The Ass in the Lion's Skin" /></p> <h2>THE ASS IN THE LION’S SKIN</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> “What pranks I shall play!” thought the Ass,<br/> “In this skin for a Lion to pass;”<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">But he left one ear out,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">And a hiding, no doubt,</span><br/> “Lion” had—on the skin of an Ass!<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">IMPOSTERS GENERALLY FORGET SOMETHING</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_30" id="Page_30">30</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/030.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="597" alt="The Lion and the Statue" title="The Lion and the Statue" /></p> <h2>THE LION & THE STATVE</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> On a Statue—king Lion dethroned,<br/> Showing conqueror Man,—Lion frowned.<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">“If a Lion, you know,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Had been sculptor, he’d show</span><br/> Lion rampant, and Man on the ground.”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">THE STORY DEPENDS ON THE TELLER</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_31" id="Page_31">31</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/031.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="612" alt="The Boaster" title="The Boaster" /></p> <h2>THE BOASTER</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> In the house, in the market, the streets,<br/> Everywhere he was boasting his feats;<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Till one said, with a sneer,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">“Let us see it done here!</span><br/> What’s so oft done with ease, one repeats.”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">DEEDS NOT WORDS</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_32" id="Page_32">32</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/032.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="604" alt="The Vain Jackdaw" title="The Vain Jackdaw" /></p> <h2>THE VAIN JACKDAW</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> “Fine feathers,” Jack thought, “make fine fowls;<br/> I’ll be envied of bats & of owls:”<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">But the peacocks’ proud eyes</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Saw through his disguise,</span><br/> And Jack fled the assembly of fowls.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">BORROWED PLUMES ARE SOON DISCOVERED</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_33" id="Page_33">33</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/033.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="607" alt="The Peacock's Complaint" title="The Peacock's Complaint" /></p> <h2>THE PEACOCK’S COMPLAINT</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> The Peacock considered it wrong<br/> That he had not the nightingale’s song;<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">So to Juno he went,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">She replied, “Be content</span><br/> With thy having, & hold thy fool’s tongue!”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">DO NOT QUARREL WITH NATURE</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_34" id="Page_34">34</SPAN></span></p> <p class="border" style="text-align: center"> <ANTIMG src="images/034.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="600" alt="The Two Jars" title="The Two Jars" /></p> <h2>THE TWO JARS</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> “Never fear!” said The Brass to the Clay<br/> Of two Jars that the flood bore away:<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">“Keep you close to my side!”</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">But the porcelain replied,</span><br/> “I’ll be smashed if beside you I stay.”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">OUR FRIEND OUR ENEMY</p> <hr class="med" /> <h2>THE TWO CRABS</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> “So awkward, so shambling a gait!”<br/> Mrs Crab did her daughter berate,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Who rejoined, “It is true</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">I am backward; but you</span><br/> Needed lessons in walking quite late.”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">LOOK AT HOME</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_35" id="Page_35">35</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/035.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="609" alt="Brother and Sister" title="Brother and Sister" /></p> <h2>BROTHER & SISTER</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> Twin children: the Girl, she was plain;<br/> The Brother was handsome & vain;<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">“Let him brag of his looks,”</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Father said; “mind your books!</span><br/> The best beauty is bred in the brain.”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">HANDSOME IS AS HANDSOME DOES</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_36" id="Page_36">36</SPAN></span></p> <p class="border" style="text-align: center"> <ANTIMG src="images/036.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="603" alt="The Fox without a Tail" title="The Fox without a Tail" /></p> <h2>THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> Said Fox, minus tail in a trap,<br/> “My friends! here’s a lucky mishap:<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Give your tails a short lease!”</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">But the foxes weren’t geese,</span><br/> And none followed the fashion of trap.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">YET SOME FASHIONS HAVE NO BETTER REASON</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_37" id="Page_37">37</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/037.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="599" alt="The Dog and the Shadow" title="The Dog and the Shadow" /></p> <h2>THE DOG & THE SHADOW</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> His image the Dog did not know,<br/> Or his bone’s, in the pond’s painted show:<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">“T’other dog,” so he thought</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">“Has got more than he ought,”</span><br/> So he snapped, & his dinner saw go!<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">GREED IS SOMETIMES CAUGHT BY ITS OWN BAIT</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_38" id="Page_38">38</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/038.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="601" alt="The Crow and the Pitcher" title="The Crow and the Pitcher" /></p> <h2>THE CROW & THE PITCHER</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> How the cunning old Crow got his drink<br/> When ’twas low in the pitcher, just think!<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Don’t say that he spilled it!</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">With pebbles he filled it,</span><br/> Till the water rose up to the brink.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">USE YOUR WITS</p> <hr class="med" /> <h2>THE EAGLE AND THE CROW</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> The Eagle flew off with a lamb;<br/> Then the Crow thought to lift an old ram,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">In his eaglish conceit,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">The wool tangled his feet,</span><br/> And the shepherd laid hold of the sham.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">BEWARE OF OVERRATING YOUR OWN POWERS</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_39" id="Page_39">39</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/039.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="598" alt="The Blind Doe" title="The Blind Doe" /></p> <h2>THE BLIND DOE</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> A poor half-blind Doe her one eye<br/> Kept shoreward, all danger to spy,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">As she fed by the sea,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Poor innocent! she</span><br/> Was shot from a boat passing by.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">WATCH ON ALL SIDES</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_40" id="Page_40">40</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/040.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="602" alt="The Geese and the Cranes" title="The Geese and the Cranes" /></p> <h2>THE GEESE & THE CRANES</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> The Geese joined the Cranes in some wheat;<br/> All was well, till, disturbed at their treat,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Light-winged, the Cranes fled,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">But the slow Geese, well fed,</span><br/> Couldn’t rise, and were caught in retreat.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">BEWARE OF ENTERPRIZES WHERE THE RISKS ARE NOT EQUAL</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_41" id="Page_41">41</SPAN></span></p> <p class="border" style="text-align: center"> <ANTIMG src="images/041.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="603" alt="The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner" title="The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner" /></p> <h2>THE TRUMPETER TAKEN PRISONER</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> A Trumpeter, prisoner made,<br/> Hoped his life would be spared when he said<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">He’d no part in the fight,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">But they answered him—“Right,</span><br/> But what of the music you made?”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">SONGS MAY SERVE A CAUSE AS WELL AS SWORDS</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_42" id="Page_42">42</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/042.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="593" alt="Hot and Cold" title="Hot and Cold" /></p> <h2>HOT AND COLD</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> When to warm his cold fingers man blew,<br/> And again, but to cool the hot stew;<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Simple Satyr, unused</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">To man’s ways, felt confused,</span><br/> When the same mouth blew hot & cold too!<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">ÆSOP AIMED AT DOUBLE DEALING</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_43" id="Page_43">43</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/043.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="599" alt="Neither Beast nor Bird" title="Neither Beast nor Bird" /></p> <h2>NEITHER BEAST NOR BIRD</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> A Beast he would be, or a bird,<br/> As might suit, thought the Bat: but he erred.<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">When the battle was done,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">He found that no one</span><br/> Would take him for friend at his word.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">BETWEEN TWO STOOLS YOU MAY COME TO THE GROUND</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_44" id="Page_44">44</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/044.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="603" alt="The Stag in the Ox Stall" title="The Stag in the Ox Stall" /></p> <h2>THE STAG IN THE OX STALL</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> Safe enough lay the poor hunted Deer<br/> In the ox-stall, with nothing to fear<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">From the careless-eyed men:</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Till the Master came; then</span><br/> There was no hiding-place for the Deer.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">AN EYE IS KEEN IN ITS OWN INTEREST</p> <hr class="med" /> <h2>THE DEER & THE LION</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> From the hounds the swift Deer sped away,<br/> To his cave, where in past times he lay<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Well concealed; unaware</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Of a Lion couched there,</span><br/> For a spring that soon made him his prey.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">FATE CAN MEET AS WELL AS FOLLOW</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_45" id="Page_45">45</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/045.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="600" alt="The Lion in Love" title="The Lion in Love" /></p> <h2>THE LION IN LOVE</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> Though the Lion in love let them draw<br/> All his teeth, and pare down every claw,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">He’d no bride for his pains,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">For they beat out his brains</span><br/> Ere he set on his maiden a paw.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">OUR VERY MEANS MAY DEFEAT OUR ENDS</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_46" id="Page_46">46</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/046.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="602" alt="The Cat and Venus" title="The Cat and Venus" /></p> <h2>THE CAT AND VENUS</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> “Might his Cat be a woman,” he said:<br/> Venus changed her: the couple were wed:<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">But a mouse in her sight</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Metamorphosed her quite,</span><br/> And for bride, a cat found he instead.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">NATURE WILL OUT</p> <hr class="med" /> <h2>MICE IN COUNCIL</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> Against Cat sat a Council of Mice.<br/> Every Mouse came out prompt with advice;<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">And a bell on Cat’s throat</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Would have met a round vote,</span><br/> Had the bell-hanger not been so nice.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">THE BEST POLICY OFTEN TURNS ON AN IF</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_47" id="Page_47">47</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/047.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="605" alt="The Hen and the Fox" title="The Hen and the Fox" /></p> <h2>THE HEN AND THE FOX</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> The Hen roosted high on her perch;<br/> Hungry Fox down below, on the search,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Coaxed her hard to descend</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">She replied, “Most dear friend!</span><br/> I feel more secure on my perch.”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">BEWARE OF INTERESTED FRIENDSHIPS</p> <hr class="med" /> <h2>THE CAT AND THE FOX</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> The Fox said “I can play, when it fits,<br/> Many wiles that with man make me quits.”<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">“But my trick’s up a tree!”</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Said the Cat, safe to see</span><br/> Clever Fox hunted out of his wits.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">TRUST TO SKILL RATHER THAN WIT</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_48" id="Page_48">48</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/048.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="603" alt="The Hare and the Tortoise" title="The Hare and the Tortoise" /></p> <h2>THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> ’Twas a race between Tortoise and Hare,<br/> Puss was sure she’d so much time to spare,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">That she lay down to sleep,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">And let old Thick-shell creep</span><br/> To the winning post first!—You may stare.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">PERSISTENCE BEATS IMPULSE</p> <hr class="med" /> <h2>THE HARES AND THE FROGS</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> Timid Hares, from the trumpeting wind,<br/> Fled as swift as the fear in their mind;<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Till in fright from their fear,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">From the green sedges near,</span><br/> Leaping Frogs left their terror behind.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">OUR OWN ARE NOT THE ONLY TROUBLES</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_49" id="Page_49">49</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/049.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="603" alt="Porcupine, Snake, and Company" title="Porcupine, Snake, and Company" /></p> <h2>PORCUPINE, SNAKE, & COMPANY</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> Going shares with the Snakes, Porcupine<br/> Said—“the best of the bargain is mine:”<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Nor would he back down,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">When the snake would disown</span><br/> The agreement his quills made them sign.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">HASTY PARTNERSHIPS MAY BE REPENTED OF</p> <hr class="med" /> <h2>THE BEAR & THE BEES</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> “Their honey I’ll have when I please;<br/> Who cares for such small things as Bees?”<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Said the Bear; but the stings</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Of these very small things</span><br/> Left him not very much at his ease.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">THE WEAKEST UNITED MAY BE STRONG TO AVENGE</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_50" id="Page_50">50</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/050.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="604" alt="The Bundle of Sticks" title="The Bundle of Sticks" /></p> <h2>THE BUNDLE OF STICKS</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> To his sons, who fell out, father spake:<br/> “This Bundle of Sticks you can’t break;<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Take them singly, with ease,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">You may break as you please,</span><br/> So, dissension your strength will unmake.”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">STRENGTH IS IN UNITY</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_51" id="Page_51">51</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/051.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="598" alt="The Farmer's Treasure" title="The Farmer's Treasure" /></p> <h2>THE FARMER’S TREASURE</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> “Dig deeply, my Sons! through this field!<br/> There’s a Treasure”—he died: unrevealed<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">The spot where ’twas laid,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">They dug as he bade;</span><br/> And the Treasure was found in the yield.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">PRODUCTIVE LABOUR IS THE ONLY SOURCE OF WEALTH</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_52" id="Page_52">52</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/052.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="606" alt="The Cock, the Ass and the Lion" title="The Cock, the Ass and the Lion" /></p> <h2>THE COCK, THE ASS & THE LION</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> The Ass gave a horrible bray,<br/> Cock crowed; Lion scampered away;<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Ass judged he was scared</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">By the bray, and so dared</span><br/> To pursue; Lion ate him they say.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">DON’T TAKE ALL THE CREDIT TO YOURSELF</p> <hr class="med" /> <h2>THE ASS AND THE LAP DOG</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> “How Master that little Dog pets!”<br/> Thinks the Ass; & with jealousy frets,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">So he climbs Master’s knees,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Hoping dog-like to please,</span><br/> And a drubbing is all that he gets.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">ASSES MUST NOT EXPECT TO BE FONDLED</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_53" id="Page_53">53</SPAN></span></p> <p class="border" style="text-align: center"> <ANTIMG src="images/053.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="609" alt="Fortune and the Boy" title="Fortune and the Boy" /></p> <h2>FORTVNE AND THE BOY</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> A Boy heedless slept by the well<br/> By Dame Fortune awaked, truth to tell,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Said she, “Hadst been drowned,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">’Twould have surely been found</span><br/> This by Fortune, not Folly befel.”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">FORTUNE IS NOT ANSWERABLE FOR OUR WANT OF FORESIGHT</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_54" id="Page_54">54</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/054.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="605" alt="The Ungrateful Wolf" title="The Ungrateful Wolf" /></p> <h2>THE UNGRATEFUL WOLF</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> To the Wolf, from whose throat D<sup>r</sup> Crane<br/> Drew the bone, his long bill made it plain<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">He expected his fee:</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Snarled Wolf—“Fiddle de dee,</span><br/> Be thankful your head’s out again.”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">SOME CHARACTERS HAVE NO SENSE OF OBLIGATION</p> <hr class="med" /> <h2>THE FISHERMAN & THE FISH</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> Prayed the Fish, as the Fisherman took<br/> Him, a poor little mite, from his hook,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">“Let me go! I’m so small.”</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">He replied, “Not at all!</span><br/> You’re the biggest, perhaps in the brook.”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">A LITTLE CERTAINTY IS BETTER THAN A GREAT CHANCE</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_55" id="Page_55">55</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/055.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="604" alt="The Herdsman's Vows" title="The Herdsman's Vows" /></p> <h2>THE HERDSMAN’S VOWS</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> A Kid vowed to Jove, so might he<br/> Find his herd, & his herd did he see<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Soon, of lions the prey:</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Then ’twas—“Get me away,</span><br/> And a goat of the best take for fee.”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">HOW OFTEN WOULD WE MEND OUR WISHES!</p> <hr class="med" /> <h2>THE HORSE AND THE ASS</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> Overladen the Ass was. The Horse<br/> Wouldn’t help; but had time for remorse<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">When the Ass lay dead there;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">For he then had to bear</span><br/> Both the load of the Ass & his corse.<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">GRUDGE NOT HELP!</p> <hr /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_56" id="Page_56">56</SPAN></span></p> <p class="center"> <ANTIMG src="images/056.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="597" alt="The Ass and the Sick Lion" title="The Ass and the Sick Lion" /></p> <h2>THE ASS & THE SICK LION</h2> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" summary="fable"> <tr> <td> Crafty Lion,—perhaps with the gout,<br/> Kept his cave; where, to solve any doubt,<br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Many visitors go:</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">But the Ass, he said “No!</span><br/> They go in, but I’ve seen none come out.”<br/> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="moral">REASON FROM RESULTS</p> <hr class="short" /> <p class="center"><span class="lg">THE END</span></p> <SPAN name="endofbook"></SPAN> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />

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