FABLES. 



'-7 



THE HEN AND THE SWALLOW. 



A Hen, having" found a nest of Serpent's eggs in 

 a dung-hill, immediately, with a fostering care, sat 

 upon them, with a design to hatch them. A Swal- 

 low observing this, flew towards her, and with 

 great earnestness forewarned her of her danger. 

 What! said she, are you mad, to bring forth a 

 brood of such pernicious creatures? Be assured, 

 the instant they are warmed into life, you are the 

 first they will attack and wreak their venomous 

 spite upon; but 'the Hen persisted in her folly, and 

 the end verified the Swallow's prediction. 



APPLICATION. 



IT is too often the hard fortune of many a kind 

 good-natured man in the world to breed up a bird 

 to pick out his own eyes, in despite of all cautions 



