©The Dog & the Shadow. ©)

f } happened that a Dog had got a piece of
f meat and was carrying it home in his
mouth to eat it in peace. Now on his
way home he had to cross a plank lying
across arunning brook. As he crossed,
he looked down and saw his own shadow
reflected in the water beneath. Thinking it
was another dog with another piece of meat,
he made up his mind to have that also. So he
made a snap at the shadow in the water, but
as he opened his mouth the piece of meat fell
out, dropped into the water and was never seen
more.

 
 

Beware lest pou loge the substance hp -
grasping at the shadow,