138 FAVOURITE FABLES.

PAELE. Cr

THE FOX AND THE MASK.

A Fox, being in a shop where Masks were sold, laid his
foot upon one of them, and considering it awhile attentively,
at last broke out into this exclamation :—‘‘ Bless me!’’ says
he, ‘‘ what a handsome face this is! What a pity it is that
it should want brains !”’

MORAL.

Beauty without sense is of little value. A fair outside is
but a poor substitute for inward worth.

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FABLE. Cll.

THE CAT, THE COCK, AND THE YOUNG MOUSE.

A Youne Mouse, that had seen very little of the world,
came running, one day, to his mother in great haste:—‘‘Oh,
mother!’ said he, ‘‘I am frightened almost to death! I have
seen the most extraordinary creature that ever was. He has
a fierce, angry look, and struts about on two legs; a strange
piece of flesh grows on his head; and another under his
throat, as red as blood: he flapped his arms against his sides,
as if he intended to rise into the air; and stretching out his