FABLES. 



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THE TWO FROGS. 



ONE hot sultry summer, the lakes and ponds 

 being almost every where dried up, a couple of 

 Frogs agreed to travel together in search of water. 

 At last they came to a deep well, and sitting upon 

 the brink of it, began to consult whether they 

 should leap in or not. One of them was for it, 

 urging that there was plenty of clear spring water, 

 and no danger of being disturbed. Well, says the 

 other, all this may be true, and yet I cannot come 

 into your opinion for my life; for if the water 

 should happen to dry there too, how should we get 

 out again f 



APPLICATION. 



In human affairs, many stations we meet, 

 Where 'tis easy to enter, but hard to retreat. 



