FABLES. 



THE EAGLE, THE CAT, AND THE SOW. 



AN Eagle had built her nest upon the top 

 branches of an old oak; a Wild Cat inhabited a 

 hole in the middle; and in the hollow part at the 

 bottom was a Sow with a whole litter of Pigs. A 

 happy neighbourhood, and might long have con- 

 tinued so, had it not been for the wicked insinua- 

 tions of the designing Cat : for first of all, up she 

 crept to the Eagle, and, Good neighbour, says she, 

 we shall all be undone; that filthy Sow yonder 

 does nothing but lie rooting at the foot of the tree, 

 and, as I suspect, intends to grub it up, that she 

 may the more easily come at our young ones. For 

 my part, I will take care of my own concerns, you 

 may do as you please; but I will watch her motions, 

 though I stay at home this month for it. When 

 she had said this, which could not fail of putting 

 the Eagle into a great fright, down she went, and 



