FABLES. 



THE OLD WOMAN AND HER MAIDS. 



Ax Old Woman, who had several Maid Servants, 

 used to call them up to their work at the crowing of 

 the Cock. The damsels, not liking to have their 

 sweet slumbers disturbed so early, combined to- 

 gether, and killed the Cock, thinking they might 

 then enjoy their warm beds a little longer. But 

 in this they found themselves mistaken, for the 

 Old Woman, having lost her unerring guide, from 

 that time roused them out of their beds whenever 

 she awoke, although it might be at midnight. 



APPLICATION. 



WE govern our lives by imagination rather than 

 by judgment, mistaking the reason of things, and 

 imputing the issue of them to wrong causes. 

 We should endeavour to content ourselves in our 



