Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902 · Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin company · leaf 101
th you. Who wil/mark off the bounds, and give the prize ? Let us ask the Fox, said the Tortoise. The Fox was very wise and fair. He showedthem where they were to start, and how far theywere to run. The Tortoise lost no time. She started atonce, and jogged straight on. 84 BOOK OF FABLES AND FOLK… … THE COUNTRY MOUSE AND THETOWN MOUSE A Country Mouse had a friend who lived ina house in town. Now the Town Mouse was in-vited by the Country Mouse to take dinner withhim. Out he went, and sat down to a dinner ofbarley and wheat. Do you know, my friend, said he, that THE COUNTRY MOUSE AND TOWN MOUSE…
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