FABLKS. 



THE DOG IN THE MANGER. 



A Dog was lying upon a stall full of hay. An 

 Ox, being hungry, came near, and offered to eat of 

 the hay ; but the ill-natured Cur getting up and 

 snarling at him, would not suffer him to touch it. 

 Upon which the Ox, in the bitterness of his heart, 

 said, A curse light on thee for a malicious wretch, 

 who will neither eat hay thyself, nor suffer others 

 to do it. 



APPLICATION. 



THERE are men in the world of so snarling, 

 malevolent, and ill-natured a disposition, that they 

 will even punish themselves, rather than put forth 

 a finger to serve any one. It gives them a malig- 

 nant kind of pleasure to have it in their power to 

 cause trouble and vexation to others, whenever 



