The Winslow mail., 1915-03-27

4 very good example of the evil of
being a glutton The wolf if he had
been satisfied with enough, would have
had a good meal and avoided a sore
leg. He hasn't been out of his den for
4 week. and Mrs. Wolf told me that
she thought he would always be lame"
Mister Fox and Jack Rabbit were
walking along the road together, or
rather the fox was walking and the
rabbit was running because his legs
are so much shorter, while this con-
versation was going on. Jack Rab-
bit had arrived at Mister Fox's house
Just as the latter was going out for a
mornings stroll. The rabbit had told
patiently waiting for Mister Fox to tell
him the bit Of wisdom which he had
come to learn. Let us go walking
through the wood" said the fox, "and
perhaps something that we see will
suggest a bit Of wisdom and furnish
an example at the Same time
At length they came to pond and
sat down to rest for moment in the
shade of some bushes, which shielded
them brom the sight of any passer-by.
They had been sitting there for only a
minute or two when, from the other
side of the bushes, there came loud
quacking, and as the fox and the rab-
bit peeked through the leaves they
saw fat old duck standing by the
side of frog which seemed to be in
great distress. He lay on his side
in the sun, gasping for breath and
holding on to his head in a most dis
tressing manner.
The old duck who stood beside him
was quacking loudly. "You are very
sick frog" she said, "and except that
am very learned in medicine and
a doctor Of wide experience, your
chances for getting we'll would be very
poor.
Il am going to give you very care
full examination, and when l have de-
cided what is the matter with yoG
and have given you the proper treat
ment, / may be able to save you.
Open your mouth and put out your
tongue"
The poor frog did as he was ordered,
although he was so weak that he could
hardly hold his mouth open long
enough for the duck to get a good
look. When the duck had seen his
tongue she shook her head wisely, as
much as to say, Just as l thought =
Then she felt of the frogs legs just
above his feet, or what would be just
above where his hand is, and count
ed the frogs pulse or at least pretend
ed to. Then she shook her head
again. Turn over" she said to the
frog, and put her head down on the
frogs stomach, as if she was listening
to his heart.
"a very bad case,' said the duck;
'a very bad case, indeed. You have
eaten something that has poisoned
you; you have very high fever and
your heart is very weak shall have
to go to the wood and gather some
herbs that | know there and feed them
to you,'' and off she started for the
wood, leaving the poor frog in the hot
sun on his back
THAT duck is a quack, / believe,
said the fox. Il haven't any idea that
she knows anything about medicine or
what is the matter with the frog.
intend to set matters right by going
to the edge Of the pond and getting
another frog to come and attend to
this sick one,' and so saying Mister
Fox stole down nearer the edge of
the pond.
He soon found another frog, and
told him Of the illness of the frog on
the bank, and within a few minutes
half dozen frogs were hopping up
from the water to where their sick
friend lay.
1t was not half a minute before
they had decided what was the trou-
BILE.
He has been out of the water too
long," said one big friend.
And he has been lying in this hot
sum-" said another
''All he needs" said another, sis to
be helped down to the water and five
minutes after he has been in the pond
he will be as we'll as ever"
So one frog got on one side and
another frog got on the other, and
in half a minute they had helped the
sick frog down to the edge Of the
pond and pushed him in, an6 In a min
ute moro he was swimming about
as we'll as ever.
What did tell you?" said the fox,
as ha came back to Jack Rabbit, but
here comes the duck; let's see what
she will do The duck was waddling
alorc with her bill full of pine needles,
which she had picked up in the wood
When she arrived where she had left
the frog she was very much surprised
to find him gone, but just at that mo-
ment the fox stepped out from the