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The Bear sneaked off to humble distance,
Seeing the damage he had done his friend ;
Who raged with smart.
But calling in philosophy’s assistance,
Anger, he thought, his wounds would never mend,
So coolly said, ‘‘ Farewell, friend Bruin!
Since you have laid my face in ruin,
’Tis time to part.”

MORAL.
All those must such mishaps expect to share,
Who, for a friend, think fit to take a Bear.
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FABLE XXXIX.
THE SHEPHERD'S BOY AND THE WOLF.

A CERTAIN Shepherd’s Boy, who kept sheep upon a
common, in sport and wantonness would often cry out,
“The Wolf! the Wolf!’ By this means, he several times
drew the husbandmen in an adjoining field from their work ;
who, finding themselves deluded, resolved for the future to
take no notice of his alarm. Soon after the Wolf came
indeed. The boy cried out in earnest; but no heed being
given to his cries, the sheep were devoured by the Wolf.

MORAL.
The notorious liar, besides the sin of the thing, will not
be believed when, by chance, he tells the truth.