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A Kid climbed up on to the roof of an outhouse, attracted by the

grass and other things that grew in the thatch; and as he stood

there browsing away, he caught sight of a Wolf passing below, and

jeered at him because he couldn't reach him. The Wolf only looked

up and said, "I hear you, my young friend; but it is not you who

mock me, but the roof on which you are standing."

THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL

A fox once fell into a trap, and after a struggle managed to get

free, but with the loss of his brush. He was then so much ashamed

of his appearance that he thought life was not worth living

unless he could persuade the other Foxes to part with their tails

also, and thus divert attention from his own loss. So he called a

meeting of all the Foxes, and advised them to cut off their

tails: "They're ugly things anyhow," he said, "and besides

they're heavy, and it's tiresome to be always carrying them about

with you." But one of the other Foxes said, "My friend, if you

hadn't lost your own tail, you wouldn't be so keen on getting us

to cut off ours."