^SOP'S FABLES 



121 



keep aloof from the brass one, which cried 

 out : " Fear nothing, friend, I will not 

 strike you." 



" But I may come in contact with you," 

 said the other, " if I come too close ; and 

 whether I hit you, or you hit me, I shall suffer 

 for it." 



^Ije strong; anU tlje toeafc cannot keep company 



