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 23
his wheels stuck so deepin the clay that the horses came to a standstill.Upon this, the man, without making the least 8 THE BOOK OF FABLES. effort of his own, began to call upon Hercules tocomeand help him out of his trouble. But Her-cules bade him lay his shoulder to the wheel, as-suring him that… … There was a traveler upon the way, and whichof the two could make him throw off his cloakshould gain his case. The Wind fell presently astorming, and threw hail shot over and above inthe very teeth of him. The man wrai:)ped himselfcloser, and kept advancing still in spite of theweather ; but this…
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