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set in again with renewed frost and cold. When he found the

unfortunate Swallow lifeless on the ground, he said, "Unhappy



bird! what have you done? By thus appearing before the springtime

you have not only killed yourself, but you have wrought my



destruction also."

The Fox and the Lion



A FOX saw a Lion confined in a cage, and standing near him,

bitterly reviled him. The Lion said to the Fox, "It is not thou



who revilest me; but this mischance which has befallen me."

The Owl and the Birds



AN OWL, in her wisdom, counseled the Birds that when the acorn

first began to sprout, to pull it all up out of the ground and



not allow it to grow. She said acorns would produce mistletoe,

from which an irremediable poison, the bird-



lime, would be extracted and by which they would be captured.

The Owl next advised them to pluck up the seed of the flax, which



men had sown, as it was a plant which boded no good to them.

And, lastly, the Owl, seeing an archer approach, predicted that



this man, being on foot, would contrive darts armed with feathers

which would fly faster than the wings of the Birds themselves.



The Birds gave no credence to these warning words, but considered

the Owl to be beside herself and said that she was mad. But



afterwards, finding her words were true, they wondered at her

knowledge and deemed her to be the wisest of birds. Hence it is



that when she appears they look to her as knowing all things,

while she no longer gives them advice, but in solitude laments



their past folly.

The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner



A TRUMPETER, bravely leading on the soldiers, was captured by the

enemy. He cried out to his captors, "Pray spare me, and do not



take my life without cause or without inquiry. I have not slain

a single man of your troop. I have no arms, and carry nothing



but this one brass trumpet." "That is the very reason for which

you should be put to death," they said; "for, while you do not



fight yourself, your trumpet stirs all the others to battle."

The Ass in the Lion's Skin



AN ASS, having put on the Lion's skin, roamed about in the forest

and amused himself by frightening all the foolish animals he met



in his wanderings. At last coming upon a Fox, he tried to

frighten him also, but the Fox no sooner heard the sound of his



than he exclaimed, "I might possibly have been frightened

myself, if I had not heard your bray."



The Sparrow and the Hare

A HARE pounced upon by an eagle sobbed very much and uttered



cries like a child. A Sparrow upbraided her and said, "Where now

is thy remarkableswiftness of foot? Why were your feet so slow?"



While the Sparrow was thus speaking, a hawk suddenly seized him

and killed him. The Hare was comforted in her death, and



expiring said, "Ah! you who so lately, when you supposed yourself

safe, exulted over my calamity, have now reason to deplore a



similar misfortune."

The Flea and the Ox



A FLEA thus questioned an Ox: "What ails you, that being so huge

and strong, you submit to the wrongs you receive from men and



slave for them day by day, while I, being so small a creature,

mercilessly feed on their flesh and drink their blood without



stint?' The Ox replied: "I do not wish to be ungrateful, for I am

loved and well cared for by men, and they often pat my head and



shoulders." "Woe's me!" said the flea; "this very patting which

you like, whenever it happens to me, brings with it my inevitable



destruction."

The Goods and the Ills



ALL the Goods were once driven out by the Ills from that common

share which they each had in the affairs of mankind; for the Ills



by reason of their numbers had prevailed to possess the earth.

The Goods wafted themselves to heaven and asked for a righteous



vengeance on their persecutors. They entreated Jupiter that they

might no longer be associated with the Ills, as they had nothing



in common and could not live together, but were engaged in

unceasing warfare; and that an indissoluble law might be laid



down for their future protection. Jupiter granted their request

and decreed that henceforth the Ills should visit the earth in



company with each other, but that the Goods should one by one

enter the habitations of men. Hence it arises that Ills abound,






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