[Transcriber's note B: Original had "Sheperd".]




The Dove and the Crow.


[Illustration]

A Dove shut up in a cage was boasting of the large number of the young
ones which she had hatched. A Crow, hearing her, said: "My good friend,
cease from this unreasonable boasting. The larger the number of your
family, the greater your cause of sorrow, in seeing them shut up in this
prison-house."

To enjoy our blessings we must have freedom.




The Old Man and the Three Young Men.


[Illustration]

As an old man was planting a tree, three young men came along and began
to make sport of him, saying: "It shows your foolishness to be planting
a tree at your age. The tree cannot bear fruit for many years, while you
must very soon die. What is the use of your wasting your time in