FABLES. 



ISS 



THE WOLF AND THE CRANE. 



A Wolf, after devouring his prey, happened to 

 have a bone stick in his throat, which gave him so 

 much pain, that he went howling up and down, and 

 importuning every creature he met, to lend him a 

 kind hand in order to his relief; nay, he promised a 

 reasonable reward to any one who should perform 

 the operation with success. At last, the Crane 

 undertook the business, ventured his long neck into 

 the rapacious felon's throat, plucked out the bone, 

 and asked for the promised reward. The Wolf, 

 turning his eyes disdainfully towards him, said, I 

 did not think you had been so unconscionable: I 

 had your head in my mouth, and could have bit it 

 off whenever I pleased, but suffered you to take it 

 away without any damage, and yet you are not 

 contented ! 



