FABLES. 



THE PROUD FROG AND THE OX. 



AN Ox, grazing in a meadow, chanced to set his 

 foot among a parcel of young Frogs, and trod one 

 of them to death. The rest informed their mother, 

 when she came home, what had happened; telling 

 her, that the beast which did it, was the hugest 

 creature that they ever saw in their lives. What, 

 was it so big? says the old Frog, swelling and 

 blowing up her speckled belly to a great degree. 

 Oh! bigger by a vast deal, say they: and so big? 

 says she, straining herself yet more. Indeed, say 

 they, if you were to burst yourself, you would never 

 be so big. She strove yet again, and burst herself 

 indeed. 



APPLICATION. 



How many vain people, of moderate easy cir- 

 cumstances, by entertaining the silly ambition of 



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