FABLES. 



THE PEACOCK AND THE CRANE. 



THE Peacock and the Crane having by chance 

 met together, the Peacock erected his tail, displayed 

 his gaudy plumes, and looked with contempt upon 

 the Crane, as some mean ordinary person. The 

 Crane, resolving to mortify his insolence, took oc- 

 casion to say, that Peacocks were very fine birds 

 indeed, if fine feathers could make them so; but 

 that he thought it a much nobler thing to be able 

 to rise above the clouds into endless space, and 

 survey the wonders of the heavens, as well as of the 

 earth beneath, with its seas, lakes, and rivers, as 

 far as the eye can reach, than to strut about upon 

 the ground, and be gazed at by children. 



APPLICATION. 



THERE cannot be a greater sign of a weak mind, 

 than a person's valuing himself on a gaudy outside, 



