MORAL.

Mankind have an enemy whom they well know,

Who tempts them in every way;

But they, too, at length shall o’ercome this foe,

If wisdom’s right law they obey.

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THE
WONDERFUL HISTORY
OF
HENNY-PENNY.

One fine summer morning a Hen was picking peas in a farm-yard, under a pea-stack, when a pea fell on her head with such a thump that she thought a cloud had fallen. And she thought she would go to the court and tell the king that the clouds were falling: so she gaed, and she gaed, and she gaed, and she met a Cock, and the Cock said,—

“Where are you going to-day, Henny-penny?”

And she said,—

“Oh, Cocky-locky, the clouds are falling, and I am going to tell the king.”

And Cocky-locky said,—

“I will go with you, Henny-penny.”

So Cocky-locky and Henny-penny they gaed, and they gaed, and they gaed, till they met a Duck. So the Duck said,—

“Where are you going to-day, Cocky-locky and Henny-penny?”

And they said,—

“Oh, Ducky-daddles, the clouds are falling, and we are going to tell the king.”

And Ducky-daddles said,—

“I will go with you, Cocky-locky and Henny-penny.”

So Ducky-daddles, and Cocky-locky, and Henny-penny, they gaed, and they gaed, and they gaed, till they met a Goose. So the Goose said,—

“Where are you going to-day, Ducky-daddles, Cocky-locky and Henny-penny?”

And they said,—

“Oh, Goosie-poosie, the clouds are falling, and we are going to tell the king.”

And Goosie-poosie said,—

“I will go with you, Ducky-daddles, Cocky-locky, and Henny-penny.”

So Goosie-poosie, and Ducky-daddles, and Cocky-locky, and Henny-penny, they gaed, and they gaed, and they gaed, till they met a Turkey. So the Turkey said,—

“Where are you going to-day, Goosie-poosie, Ducky-daddles, Cocky-locky, and Henny-penny?”

And they said,—

“Oh, Turkey-lurky, the clouds are falling, and we are going to tell the king.”

And Turkey-lurky said,—

“I will go with you, Goosie-poosie, Ducky-daddles, Cocky-locky, and Henny-penny.”

So Turkey-lurky, and Goosie-poosie, and Ducky-daddles, and Cocky-locky, and Henny-penny, they gaed, and they gaed, and they gaed, till they met a Fox. So the Fox said,—

“Where are you going to-day, Turkey-lurky,

Goosie-poosie, Ducky-daddles, Cocky-locky, and Henny-penny?”

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And they said,—

“Oh, Mr. Fox, the clouds are falling, and we are going to tell the king.”

And the Fox said,—

“Come with me, Turkey-lurky, Goosie-poosie, Ducky-daddles, Cocky-locky, and Henny-penny, and I will show you the road to the king’s house.”

So they all gaed, and they gaed, and they gaed, till they came to the Fox’s hole; and the Fox took them all into his hole, and he and his young cubs eat up first poor Henny-penny, then poor Cocky-locky, then poor Ducky-daddles, then poor Goosie-poosie, and then poor Turkey-lurky; and so they never got to the king to tell him that the clouds had fallen on the head of poor Henny-penny.