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$40 be sure" said a worm. "kill him as
be sleeps, and I'LL eat him afterwards: for
ia ough | am acknowledged on all hands to
be bis brother, be amples me alive on hook,
only for his amusement"
Is. Il consent" cooea the dove, "for he has
deprived me of my beloved mate, and made
me disconsolate widdoS" Upon which
she began TO moan so splteously, the whole
assembly deeply sympathsed in her foriorn
condition.
He has committed million Of murders"
cried the spider.
"he browns all my Kittens" mewed the
cat.
"He tramples upon me without mercy"
whispered the toad, "only because IN no
beauty"
HE is a treacherous cunning william"
barked the fox
lie has no more bowels than WOLF"
screamed the hawk
Gle is bloody tyrant," croaked the ca
gle.
"He is the common enemy OF all nature,
and deserves a hundred DEATHS" exclaimed
they all III one voice.
began TO he heartily ashamed OF myself,
and was casting about how might slip a.
way, from heating these pleasan, reproach
es; but curiosity and lis,lessness together,
kept me quiet, while they continued to die.
cnss the best mode of destroying the tyrant.
There was as usual TO such cases, great di
verslty OF opinion.
Il Il bury my talons in his BRAIN" said the
eagle.
''ii tear cut his eyes" screamed the hawk.
''tl whip him TO death with my TAIL"
barkcd the iox
oil sting him bome," Kissed the the rat
tie snake.
.ili poison him." said the spider
Il fly blow him. huszed the fly. -,
81 II drown him, if he'll onl, come into the
brook, so will" qIoih the trout
III drag him INTO my hole, and do his
bnsines. there, warrant y SAID the ant; and
thereupon there was g,gge among the
whole set
"And m M said the worm,
'Nfhat will you do, yon poor d. ex-
claimed the rest in a litter.
What will do? why Ill eat him after he
is dead, replied ii worm; aud then he strut
ted about. until unwarlly so near that he
shpt into the brook, and was snapt up in
moment by the trout. The example was
Contagious
'Oho! are you for that SPORT mewed the
cat, and elawed the trout before he could get
his head under water. j.,
Tit for tat harked Reynard, ard snatch
in, pussy up in his teeth, was of like shot.
sSlnce tbs the fashion, said the spider. III
have crack az. the ssme blue, bother; and
thcreupon he nabbed tue poor ny in twink
hns =. :. &,
by your leave said the toad and snapt
up the spider in less than no time.
'You ugly thief OF the corld,' Kissed the
rattiesnake, in great wrath, and indignantly
laying bold OF the toad, managed to swallow
him about hah way, where he lay in all his
glory - -, .., ~"
!. What nice rnersal for my poor father
less btile ones coode the dove, and picking
a: The ant, was just, flying away with il ia
quite a sentimental style, when the hawk see.
ing this screamed out g..
What a plump dove for a dinner Provi.
dence hath ordained should eat her.
He was carrying her of, when the eagle
darted upon him, and soaring to his Grie on
The summit Of an inaccessible rock. compo
sedy made meal OF both hawk and dove.
Then picking his teeth with his claws, he ex-
claimed with great competency, what
glorious thing i is to be king OF the birds,' :.
'Humph3 exclaimed t. rubbing my eyes,
for il seemed | had been half asleep. hun phi,
q man is not much worse than his neigh
bours after ALL and shaking off the spell that
was over me, bent my steps hon,ewards.,
wondering why 1t was, that IT seemed as u
all living things were created for the sole
purpose OF preylng on each other. The on
iv solution which offered itself TO my mind,
was that the pleasure arising from eating. is
much greater than the pain Of being eaten,
and thai this propen siiy to devouflng each
other, on the whole, conduces to the general
happiness
From the London .9tfeneum
A YOUNG SOLDIERS FIRST BATTLE
1t was after latiguing march, that, on the
10Th Of June the writer, with his regiment,
arrived in sight of The since celebrated vii
Eage of Ligny. two hours before the COM
mencement Of the battle. which formed the
terrible prelude 10 that of Waterloo 'What
| am about TO notice.. he observes, sis what
forcibly ottrudes itself on every one engaged
in battle The corn was waving beautiful
~ before us; no sooner had one troop passed
through than the glory of the field vanished,
aud the green stalks FAY level on the earth.
Every man now threw away his superfluous
baggage: the finest and c0arsest linen was
living scattered around interrnxed with cards
and dice, which the love of pleasure had col
lected: and which sppersttious fear now dis
carded. Here friends were rnparting to
each other their last injunctl0us, there COW
ards drained the bottle for that courage
which fails them, or lid their fears under the
most Disgusting brayadoes. On both sides