CHAPTER XII.

THE VALUE OF CHARACTER.

I sHAuu relate a fable to you, which
shows what a bad thting it is to have a stain
on one’s character, and how it may some-
times subject one to be punished for what
one has not committed.

A wolf once made complaint that he had
been robbed, and charged the theft upon his
neighbour the fox. The case came on for
trial before a monkey, who was justice of
the peace among the quadrupeds in those
parts. The parties did not employ lawyers,
but chose to plead their cause themselves.
When they had been, fully heard, the judge,