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Identifier: talkingbeastsboo00wigg (find matches)
Title: The talking beasts : a book of fable wisdom
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923 Smith, Nora Archibald, 1859-1934 Nelson, Harold, ill
Subjects: Fables
Publisher: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Page & Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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Tiger. 142 THE TALKING BEASTS May we depend upon your word?1 said themen. Certainly, said the Fox, while the menwent with him in a circle to see that he did notescape. Then the Fox said to the Tiger and the men:Sir Tiger, here are the men; gentlemen, hereis the Tiger. The men left the Fox and turned to the Tiger.The former beat a hasty retreat to the wood,saying, I have kept my promise to both; nowyou may settle it between yourselves.1 The Tiger exclaimed, when it was too late:Alas! what art for a double part?9 The Hare and the Pig A HARE and a Pig once agreed to leap over aditch. The Hare went a great way, and fellinto it, just short by an inch. The Pig wentsome way and fell into it; but far behind theHare. Yet they were eager to know which ofthem leapt more, and was therefore the betteranimal. So they said to a Fox, who had been watchingthe race: Will you tell us which of us issuperior, and which inferior, in the race? The Fox said: Both in the ditch: cant saywhich! ^ MAR.OLO NELSON
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WHY, WAS IT NOT FOOLISH OF ME TO COUNT THE STARS INTHE SKY, WHEN I COULD HAVE COUNTED THE STARS IN YOUEBRILLIANT PLUMAGE TO BETTER ADVANTAGE? SAID THE FOX FABLES FROM INDIA 143 The Peacock and the Fox A Fox, who had an eye on a Peacock, wasone day standing in a field with his face turnedup to the sky. Reynard, said the Peacock, what haveyou been doing? Oh, I have been counting the stars, saidthe Fox. How many are they? said the Peacock. About as many as the fools on earth/3said the Fox. But which do you think is the greater, thenumber of the stars or of the fools? asked thePeacock. If you put it so, I should say the fools aremore by one,53 said the Fox. Who is that one? said the Peacock.Why, my own silly self! said the Fox.How are you silly, Reynard? questionedthe Peacock. Why, was it not foolish of me to count thestars in the sky, when I could have counted thestars in your brilliant plumage to better advan-tage? said the Fox. No, Reynard, said the Peacock, thereinis not your folly â

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