Mountain would be shocked to hear them at any time. To convey the author’s meaning the sentence should be:—
After dinner he tells stories which Mountain would be shocked to hear.
7. When you have written your story, always read it over, and correct all the mistakes which you can find.
SHORT STORIES TO BE READ CAREFULLY, AND THEN WRITTEN FROM MEMORY.
The Fox and the Goat.
A fox that had fallen into a well tried in vain to get out again. By-and-by a goat came to the place to quench her thirst. Seeing the fox below she asked if the water was good. “Yes,” answered the cunning creature, “it is so good that I cannot leave off drinking.” Thereupon the goat, without a moment’s thought, jumped in. The fox at once scrambled on her back and got out. Then, looking down at the poor fool, he said coolly, “If you had half as much brains as beard, you would look before you leap.”
The Vain Jackdaw.
A vain jackdaw found some peacocks’ feathers and stuck them amongst his own. Then he left his old companions and boldly went amongst the peacocks. They knew him at once, in spite of his disguise; so they stripped off his borrowed plumes, pecked him well, and sent him about his business. He went back to the daws as if nothing had happened, but they would not allow him to mix with them. If he was too good for them before, they were too good for him now. Thus the silly bird, by trying to appear better than he was, lost his old friends without making any new ones.