FABLES. 



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THE LAMB BROUGHT UP BY A GOAT. 



A Wolf, prowling about for his prey, espied a 

 Lamb sucking a Goat. You silly creature ! says 

 he, you quite mistake; this is not your mother; she 

 is yonder among a flock of sheep; do allow me to 

 conduct you to her. Xo, no, replies the Lamb, the 

 mother that bore me may indeed be yonder; but 

 when she dropped me, she shewed no further care, 

 but left me unprovided for, to shift for myself, re- 

 gardless of what might become of me; and had it 

 not been for the kindness of this honest Goat, who 

 took compassion upon my helplessness, I must have 

 suffered all the miseries to which inexperienced 

 youth and innocence are exposed, when left with- 

 out a guide to the mercy of the world. 



