New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-14

dye d1 You don't look as if you had had a
very pleasant journey
have learnt something. said the Car.
knowledge Is never pleasant
Then it is better to be without it, said tine
Dog
Especially, better to he without knowing
bow to stand on ones hind legs, Dog, said the
Cat; still, You see, you are proud OF IL put
have learnt great deal, Dog. They won't
worship You any more, and it ~ better Tor you !;
you wouldn't be any happier. What did you do
Yesterday
'Indecd,' said the Dog, Il hardly remember
j slept after you went away. In the afternoon
took drive in the carriage. Then had my
dinner. My maid washed me and put me 10
bed. There is the difference between you and
me: you have to wash yourself and put your
self to bed
And you really don't find it q bore, living
like tbis7 Woul,ln't you like something to do 7
Wouldn't you like some children to play with
The Fox seemed to find it very pleasant.
Children, indeedp said the Dog, when l
have got men and women. Children are wei
enough for foxes and wild creatures; refined
dogs know better; and, for dong-can't
stand on my toesi can't / dance? at least,
couldn't before | was so fat
Ali | see every body likes what he was
bred to- sighed the Cat | was bred to do
nothing, and must like that Train the eat
as the cat should go, and the eat Will be
happy and ask no questions. Never seek for
impossibihiies. Dog. That is the secret
And you have spent a day in the woods to
learn that said he. i could have taught you
that Why, Cat, one day when you were sit
ting scratching vour nose before the fire., |
thought You looked so pretty that should
have liked To marry you but | knew could
MT, so | did MT make myself miserable
The Cat looked him with her odd green
eyes. never wished to marry you, Dog; |
should MT have presumed. But II was wise OF
you not to fret about it, But, listen to me
DOg-listeu. | met many creatures III the
wood. all sorts OF creatures, beasts and BIRDS.
They were all happy; they did MT hnd it
bore. They went about their Work, ana dld
it. and enjoyed 1t, and yet none OF
them had the same story to tell. Some
did one thing, some another; ana, except
the Fox, each had got sort OF notion
of doing its duty. The Fox was rogue lie
said he was but yet he was not unhappy.
HIS conscience never troubled him. Your work
il standing on yOur toes, and You are happy.
| have none and that is why. | am unhappy.
When | came to think about II, found every
creature out in the wood had to get his own
living. ! tried to get mine, but did MT Ike It,
because | was MT used To IT (; and as Tor know
ing the Fox, who did MT care to know any
thing except how to cheat greater Iools
than himself was the cleyerest fellow ! came
across. OH the Owl, DOg-yOu should have
heard the Owl. But ! came to tlIs, that 1t was no
use trying TO know, and the only way TO he Jolly
was to 90 about ones own business IKE a do-
cent Cat. Cats business seems To be Killing
rabbits and such-Ike; ana IL Ii not inc pedS-
ATTEST possible so the sooner one Is bred TO IL
the better. As for me, ;hat have been bred to
do nothing. WHY. as said before. | must try to
like that but / consider myself an unfortu-
nate Cat
80 don't consider myself an unfortunate
Dog said her companion.
VERY likely You do not said the Cat.
By this time their breakfast was come IN.
The Cat ate hers the Dog did penance Tor his
and if one might judge by the purring on the
hearth-rIig the Cat, IL not the happiest or the
two, ut least was not exceedingly miserable.