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great affection for your majesty, and think they do you a service by idle words. For my part, I have been unable to present myself sooner, on account of my endeavours to find a cure for your trouble. I have consulted every physician I could find, and they all agree that the only remedy is a plaster made of part of a wolf's skin, taken warm from his back and applied to your majesty's stomach." It was immediately agreed that the experiment should be made, and the unfortunate wolf accordingly fell a victim to his own malicious intention. We may learn from this, that if we would be safe from harm ourselves, we should never meditate mischief against others.

EXERCISES.

1. THE WOLF AND THE LAMB.

The meeting the stream-the quarrel-the result -the moral.

2. THE FOX AND THE CROW.

The cheese-the tree-the fox-the flattery-the result-the moral.

3. THE FOX AND THE GRAPES.

The vineyard-the grapes-the fox-the disappointment-the moral.

4. THE JACKDAW IN BORROWED FEATHERS.

The discontent-the borrowed feathers - the discovery-the result-the moral.

5. THE BOYS AND THE FROGS.

The boys-the pond-the stones-the frog-the moral.

6. THE GRATEFUL CRANE.

The crane-the net-the dog-the escape-the gratitude-the advice-the bone-the recompense-the moral.

7. THE OLD MAN AND THE BUNDLE OF STICKS.

The sons the disagreement-the deathbed-the meeting-the advice-the bundle-the command— the failure-the single stick-the moral.

8. THE HORSE AND THE STAG.

The horse-the man-the bridle-the revenge-the boast the mistake—the moral.

9. THE LION AND THE MOUSE.

The lion-the mouse-the disturbance-the ragethe fear the pardon—the net-the recompense― the moral.

10. THE STAG AND THE HORNS.

The lake the shadow-the horns-the legs-the hounds-the chase-the thicket-the capture-the reflection-the moral.

11. THE CLOWN AND THE Gourd.

The clown-the gourd-the acorn-the reflectionthe sleep-the blow-the conviction-the moral.

12. THE LARK AND THE FIELD OF CORN.

The corn-field-the lark-the young-the danger— the farmer-the son-the neighbours-the relations-the resolution-the removal-the moral.

13. THE FARMER AND HIS SONS.

The deathbed-the sons-the treasure-the fieldthe produce the profit-the moral.

14. MERCURY AND THE AXE.

The carpenter the axe-the river-the petition— the honesty the reward-the second carpenter -the dishonesty-the disappointment-the moral.

15. THE DOG AND THE SHADOW.

The dog-the river-the flesh-the shadow-the loss-the moral.

16. THE SUN AND THE WIND.

The contest-the traveller-the cloak-the windthe sun-the victory-the moral.

17. THE FROG AND THE Ox.

The frog-the envy-the attempt—the failure-the persistence-the consequence-the moral.

18. THE HUSBANDMAN AND THE SNAKE.

The husbandman-the frost-the snake-the tenderness-the return-the moral.

19. THE BOY AND THE BUTTERFLY.

The butterfly-the pursuit-the escape-the tulipthe capture the disappointment—the moral.

20. THE FOX AND THE GOAT.

The fox-the well-the dilemma-the goat-the conversation-the fraud-the victim-the escape-the moral.

SECTION II.

STORIES.

Write Stories from the following heads.

EXAMPLE.

RESPECT DUE TO OLD AGE.

Athens-the play-the old man-the young Athenians— the invitation-the jest-the ridicule-the retreat-the Lacedemonians—the respect-the compunction-the applause-the exclamation.

STORY.

It happened at Athens, during the public representation of a play, that an old man came too late for a place suitable to his age and quality. Many of the young Athenians, who observed his confusion and difficulty, made signs that they would accommodate him, if he came where they sat. The good man accordingly bustled through the crowd; but when he came to the seats to which he was invited, the jest was to sit close and expose him to the ridicule of the whole audience, as he stood out of countenance. The frolic went round all the Athenian benches. On such occasions, however, there were particular places assigned to strangers. When the old man, therefore, retreated to the benches appropriated to the Lacedemonians, that honest people, more virtuous than polite, all rose up at once, and received him amongst them with the greatest respect. The Athenians, being suddenly touched with a sense of the Spartan virtue and their own degeneracy, thundered forth their applause; and the old man cried out: "The Athenians understand what is good, but the Lacedemonians practise it."

EXERCISES.

1. ANDROCLES AND THE LION.

The slave-the fault-the escape-the desert-the cave-the lion-the relief-the gratitude-the return-the condemnation-the amphitheatre-the recognition-the amazement-the intercession— the pardon.

2. BRUCE AND THE SPIDer.

The hovel-the Bruce-the spider-the attemptsthe failures-the comparison-the success-the determination-the moral.

3. SIR PHILIP SIDNEY AND THE WOUNDED SOLDIER. The battle-the wound-the removal-the flagon -the soldier-the self-denial-the generosity.

4. CASTLES IN THE AIR.

Alnaschar-the money-the shop-the basket-the musing the schemes-the glassman-the jeweller-the fortune-the alliance-the haughtiness— the submission-the spurn-the kick-the ruin.

5. MUNGO PARK IN THE Desert.

The desert-the robbers-the despair-the flowerthe reflection-the determination-the relief.

6. WASHINGTON AND THE CHERRY-TREE.

The present the garden-the cherry-tree-the vexation-the inquiry-the suspicion-the questionthe reply the exultation.

7. TELL AND THE APPLE.

The patriot-the tyrant-the command-the contempt the imprisonment-the alternative-the choice the success-the arrow-the surprisethe avowal-the result.

8. FREDERICK AND HIS PAGE.

The king-the bell-the page-the ducats-the awakening the discovery-the distress-the explanation—the benevolence.

9. SIR ISAAC NEWTON AND HIS DOG.

The study the call-the dog-the candle-the papers-the loss-the equanimity.

10. CAMILLUS AND THE SCHOOLMASTER.

Camillus the Falisci-the siege-the treachery of the schoolmaster-the nobleness of the Romanthe rebuke-the punishment-the result.

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