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 32
the cordsaway, and tumbled off the pole into the river.Upon this, the old man, vexed and ashamed, madethe best of his way home again, having learnedthat by trying to please everybody he had pleasednobody, and lost his Ass into the bargain. THE WOLVES AND THE SHEEP. Said the Wolves to the Sheep: Why… … thought of harming you. Only get rid of them,and we can have peace. The Sheep believed theWolves, and sent the dogs off, but as soon as theywere left unprotected the Wolves ate them up. If you listen to your enemy you will get your-self into danger. THE SPENDTHRIFT AND THE SWALLOW. A DISSOLUTE…
Children's literature
Internet Archive · Cornell University Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial82dodg-171-100.webp)
