THE KIND OX AND THE SHEEP. 67

THE KIND OX AND THE SHEEP.

I wave to tell you of an instance of the kind office of an ox.

. Oxen may possess many virtues, but are not in the habit of

making a parade of them. Sheep are sometimes seized with
fits, when they. fall on their back, and are unable of themselves
to regain their legs. While in this helpless position, they
are sometimes attacked by birds of prey, which tear out their
eyes, and otherwise injure them.

An unlucky sheep had fallen in the way I have described,
and was in vain trying to struggle to its feet, when an ox,
grazing near, observed what had happened. Going up to it,
it carefully turned the animal over on its side; and when it
had regained its feet, walked away, and went on feeding
as before, satisfied that it had done what was wanted.

My young friends, try to help those in distress, though
there may be as much difference between you and them as
between that ox and the sheep.

 

A COW SEEKING HER CALF.

Cows have as much love for their young as have other
animals, and it is piteous to hear them “mooing” when
deprived of their calves.

A cow had her calf taken from her, and left at Bushy
Park, while she was driven off to Smithfield to be sold. The
following morning, when it was supposed the cow was in

London, she appeared at the gate of the yard in which her