THE DOG AND THE SHADOW.

A dog, crossing a bridge with a piece of meat in his mouth, saw in the water what he took to be another dog, with a piece of meat twice the size of his own. Letting go his own, he flew at the other dog to get the larger piece from him. He thus lost both,—that which he grasped at in the water, because it was a shadow; and his own, because the stream swept it away.

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2. Jack and Jill went round the hill
To tend the geese and gander,
But strolled away to sport and play,
And left the geese to wander:
A fox came down and pounced on one,
And stole it for his dinner.
While Jill and Jack came running back,
But Foxy was the winner.

3. Jack and Jill went down the hill
To scare away the crows there:
Jack fired his gun, and soon killed one,
But blew off his own nose there.
Says Jill, "Good luck, my darling Jack!
I'll go and fetch your master;
And don't suppose you've lost your nose,
We'll stick it on with plaster."