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E quiet now," said an old Nurse to 

 a child sitting on her lap. " If 

 you make that noise again I will 

 throw you to the Wolf." 

 Now it chanced that a Wolf was passing 

 close under the window as this was said. So he 

 crouched down by the side of the house and 

 waited. "I am in good luck to-day," thought 

 he. " It is sure to cry soon, and a daintier 

 morsel I haven't had for many a long day." So 

 he waited, and he waited, and he waited, till at 

 last the child began to cry, and the Wolf came 

 forward before the window, and looked up to 

 the Nurse, wagging his tail. But all the Nurse 

 did was to shut down the window and call for 

 help, and the dogs of the house came rushing 

 out. "Ah," said the Wolf as he galloped away, 



"(Entm\z& pcomi£e0 toere matie to lie broken*" 



