The children's book; a collection of the best and most famous stories and poems in the English language (1910)
Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902 · Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and company · leaf 16
us 436 The Expedition of the Argonauts . . .441 THE BOOK OF FABLES. THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. As a Wolf was lapping at the head of a runningbrook, he spied a stray Lamb paddling at some dis-tance down the stream. Having made up his mindto seize her, he bethought himself how he mightjustify his… … to you. Be that as it may, replied the Wolf, it was but a year ago that you called me manyill names. 0 Sir, said the Lamb, trembling, a year ago I was not born. Well, repliedthe Wolf, if it was not you it was your father,and that is all the same ; but its no use tryingto argue me out of my supper ;…
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