PAB LES.

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THE LION AND THE MOUSE.

Once upon a time a small
mouse found a lion asleep and
ran up on his back. The lon
woke, and was first going to kill
the mouse by a blow from his
great paw, when she begged him
to forgive her and let her go. The
lion was kind and said that he
would not hurt her, and the mouse
thanked him and told him that if ever she could help him she
would. The lion laughed to himself at the promise. How could
a little mouse help such a great lion? But one day the lion was
caught in a net, and could not get out. The mouse heard him
roar, and came to see what was the matter. When she saw the
net she set to work, and gnawed the ropes through, and set her
friend the lion free. Weare never |
too small to help one another.

 

Wie DOG AND “TELE
MANGER.

A voc once made his bed
on some hay in a manger.
By-and-by an ox came and
wished to eat the hay, but the dog growled and would not let
him. “How can you be so silly and unkind?” said the ox;

“you can't eat hay yourself, and you will not let me eat it!”
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