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The Brahmin.
" I'll bury my talons in his brain , " saicl the eagle . " I'll tear out his treacherous eyes , " screamed the hawk . " I'll beat him to death with my tail , " barked the enraged fox . " I ' ll sting him in a mortal part , " hissed the snake . " I'll poison him , " said the spicier . " I'll fly-blow him , " buzzed the noisy fly . " I'll drown him if he will onlcome into brook" quoth the
y my , trout . " I'll drag him into my hole and do his business there , I warrant , " said the ant , and thereupon there was a jiggle among the whole set . " Ancl Pll—I'll "—said the worm . " AAHiatwill you do , poor devil ? " exclaimed the rest in a titter . " AVhat will I do ? why , I'll eat him when he is dead , " replied the wormand then he strutted about until he unwarily came so nearthat
, , he slipped into the brook ancl was snapped up in an instant by the trout ; the example was contagious . " Oh 1 if you are for that sport , " mewed the cat , and clawed the trout before he could get his head under water . " Tit for tat , " barked reynard , and snatching up puss in his teeth was off with her like a shot .
" Since it is the fashion , " said the spider , " 111 have a crack at that same blue-bottle , " and thereupon he nabbed the poor fly in a twinkling . " By your leave , " exclaimed the toad , and he snapped at the spider in less than no time . " ¦ You ugly thief ! " hissed the snake in virtuous indignation , and seizing the toad , he managed to swallow him after a few efforts . " AVhat a nice morsel for my poor fatherless little ones , " cooed the
dove , and picking up the ant , she was flying away with it quite in a sentimental way , when the hawk seeing her , screamed out , " AVhat a pretty plump dove for a dinner ; Providence hath ordered that I should eat her . " Pie was carrying her off , when the eagle darted upon him , ancl soaring to his eyrie on the summit of a rock , composedly made a meal of both hawk ancl dove ; then picking his teeth with his claws , he exclaimed
with great complacency , " What a glorious thing it is to be the king of birds !" " Return to the city , Zekah , " exclaimed the Genius , " thou hast received thy lesson ; thou hast been taught that all things follow but the instinct of their nature ; that man is not a greater tyrant than the eagle , or the fox ; ancl that , to withdraw from thy fellow-creatures the sympathy of thy heart to bestow it upon inferior beings , is a sin against the Most High . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Brahmin.
" I'll bury my talons in his brain , " saicl the eagle . " I'll tear out his treacherous eyes , " screamed the hawk . " I'll beat him to death with my tail , " barked the enraged fox . " I ' ll sting him in a mortal part , " hissed the snake . " I'll poison him , " said the spicier . " I'll fly-blow him , " buzzed the noisy fly . " I'll drown him if he will onlcome into brook" quoth the
y my , trout . " I'll drag him into my hole and do his business there , I warrant , " said the ant , and thereupon there was a jiggle among the whole set . " Ancl Pll—I'll "—said the worm . " AAHiatwill you do , poor devil ? " exclaimed the rest in a titter . " AVhat will I do ? why , I'll eat him when he is dead , " replied the wormand then he strutted about until he unwarily came so nearthat
, , he slipped into the brook ancl was snapped up in an instant by the trout ; the example was contagious . " Oh 1 if you are for that sport , " mewed the cat , and clawed the trout before he could get his head under water . " Tit for tat , " barked reynard , and snatching up puss in his teeth was off with her like a shot .
" Since it is the fashion , " said the spider , " 111 have a crack at that same blue-bottle , " and thereupon he nabbed the poor fly in a twinkling . " By your leave , " exclaimed the toad , and he snapped at the spider in less than no time . " ¦ You ugly thief ! " hissed the snake in virtuous indignation , and seizing the toad , he managed to swallow him after a few efforts . " AVhat a nice morsel for my poor fatherless little ones , " cooed the
dove , and picking up the ant , she was flying away with it quite in a sentimental way , when the hawk seeing her , screamed out , " AVhat a pretty plump dove for a dinner ; Providence hath ordered that I should eat her . " Pie was carrying her off , when the eagle darted upon him , ancl soaring to his eyrie on the summit of a rock , composedly made a meal of both hawk ancl dove ; then picking his teeth with his claws , he exclaimed
with great complacency , " What a glorious thing it is to be the king of birds !" " Return to the city , Zekah , " exclaimed the Genius , " thou hast received thy lesson ; thou hast been taught that all things follow but the instinct of their nature ; that man is not a greater tyrant than the eagle , or the fox ; ancl that , to withdraw from thy fellow-creatures the sympathy of thy heart to bestow it upon inferior beings , is a sin against the Most High . "