"Get it yourself," said Mercury.
With that he went away and was seen no more.
THE WOLF AND THE CRANE
(Once a wolf was eating his supper.
He was hungry and he ate very fast.
He ate so fast that he swallowed a bone.
A crane was going by.
The wolf called to the crane.)
Wolf. My dear crane, come, help me. I have a bone in my throat.
Crane. What do you want me to do?
Wolf. Put your bill down my throat and pull out the bone.