FABLES. 



2 9 



THE GOAT, THE KID, AND THE WOLF. 



THE Goat going abroad to feed, shut up her 

 young Kid at home, charging him to bolt the door 

 fast, and open it to nobody till she herself should 

 return. The Wolf, who lay lurking hard by, heard 

 the charge given, and soon after came and knocked 

 at the door, counterfeiting the voice of the Goat, 

 and desired to be admitted. The Kid looking out 

 at the window, and finding the cheat, bade him go 

 about his business, for, however he might imitate a 

 Goat's voice, yet he appeared too much like a Wolf 

 to be trusted. 



APPLICATION. 



DECEIT, hypocrisy, and villainy, are constantly 

 on the watch to entrap and ensnare the innocent 

 and the unwary. Every beautiful woman is com- 

 monly surrounded by a kind of men who would 



