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 26
Oh, said the Grasshopper, I was not idle. Ikept singing all summer long. Said the Ant,laughing, and shutting up his granary. Sinceyou could sing all summer, you may dance allwinter. THE CROW AND THE FOX. A Ceow had stolen a cheese and carried it awayto a high tree to eat it there in peace. A Fox … saw it and meant to get it by a device. GoodCrow, said he, what a lovely and shapely bodyyou have ! your color is more beautiful than thatof many of the birds, and had you but a charmingvoice, surely you would hold the very first place.Thereupon she opened her mouth to sing, to show him he was…
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