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A hungry Wolf was prowling about in search of food. By and by,

attracted by the cries of a Child, he came to a cottage. As he

crouched beneath the window, he heard the Mother say to the

Child, "Stop crying, do! or I'll throw you to the Wolf." Thinking

she really meant what she said, he waited there a long time in

the expectation of satisfying his hunger. In the evening he heard

the Mother fondling her Child and saying, "If the naughty Wolf

comes, he shan't get my little one: Daddy will kill him." The

Wolf got up in much disgust and walked away: "As for the people

in that house," said he to himself, "you can't believe a word

they say."

THE OLD WOMAN AND THE WINE-JAR

An old Woman picked up an empty Wine-jar which had once contained

a rare and costly wine, and which still retained some traces of

its exquisite bouquet. She raised it to her nose and sniffed at

it again and again. "Ah," she cried, "how delicious must have

been the liquid which has left behind so ravishing a smell."