FABLES. 



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THE WOLVES AND THE SICK ASS. 



Ax Ass being sick, the report was spread abroad 

 in the country, and some did not scruple to say, 

 that she would die before another night went over 

 her head. Upon this, several wolves went to the 

 stable where she lay, under pretence of making her 

 a visit ; but rapping at the door, and asking her 

 how she did, the young Ass came out, and told 

 them that his mother was much better than they 

 desired. 



APPLICATION. 



IF the kind enquiries after the sick were all to be 

 interpreted with as much frankness as those in the 

 Fable, the porters of the great might commonly 

 answer with the strictest propriety, that their 

 masters were much better than was wished or de- 



