120 FAVOURITE FABLES.

FABLE LXXXVITI.

THE HORSE AND THE WOLF.

As a Wolf was roaming over a farm, he came to a field
of oats, but not being able to eat them, he left them and
went his way,

Presently, meeting with a Horse, he bade him come with
him into the field, ‘“ For,”’ says he, ‘‘ I have found some capital
oats; and I have not tasted one, but have kept them all for
you, for the very sound of your teeth is music to my ear.”’
But the Horse replied, ‘‘ A pretty fellow! if Wolves were able
to eat oats, I suspect you would not have preferred your ears
to your appetite.’

MORAL.

Little thanks are due to him, who only gives away what-
ever is of no use to himself.

eae

FABLE LXXXIX.

THE TWO SPRINGS.

Two springs, which issued from the same mountain, began
their course together: one of them took her way in a silent