Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902 · Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin company · leaf 42
HE LION AND THE BEAR A Lion and a Bear chanced to fall upona Fawn at the same time, and they began tofight for it. They fought so fiercely that at lastthey fell down, entirely worn out and almostdead. A Fox, passing that way, saw them stretchedout, and the Fawn dead between them. Heetole in slyly,… … THE LIO]^ A:N^D the MOUSE As a Lion lay asleep, a Mouse ran into hismouth. The Lion shut his teeth together andwould have eaten him up, but the Mousebegged hard to be let out, saying: — If you will let me go, I will repay you someday. The Lion smiled, but let the Mouse out. Notlong after, the Mouse…
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