Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 40
herin the middle of a forest. Let things be everso bad, said Renard, I dont care ; I havea hundred shifts if one should fail. I, said the Cat, have but one; if that fails me I am undone. Justthen a pack of Hounds burst into view. The Cat flewup a tree, and sat securely among the branches, andthence… … THE DOG THAT DROPPED THE SUB-STANCE FOR THE SHADOW (From the Fables of La Fontaine.) THIS world is full of shadow-chasers.Most easily deceived.Should I enumerate these racers, I should not be beheved.I send them all to ^sops dog,Which, crossing water on a log,Espied the meat he bore, below;To seize…
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