FABLES. 



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THE ASS AND THE LION HUNTING. 



THE Lion, having thinned the forest of great 

 numbers of the beasts upon which he preyed, and 

 so scared and intimidated the rest, that he found it 

 very difficult to get hold of any more of them, be- 

 thought himself of a new expedient to obtain more 

 readily a fresh supply. He invited the Ass to assist 

 him in his plan, and gave him instructions how to 

 act. Go, said the Lion, and hide thyself in yonder 

 thicket, and then let me hear thee bray in the most 

 frightful manner thou possibly canst. The strata- 

 gem took effect accordingly. The Ass brayed 

 most hideously, and the timorous beasts, not know- 

 ing what to think of it, began to scour off as fast as 

 they could; when the Lion, who was posted at a 

 proper avenue, seized and killed them as he pleased. 

 Having got his belly full, he called out to the Ass, 

 and bade him leave off, telling him he had done 



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