FAMLES. 



THE KID AND THE WOLF. 



A Kid being mounted upon the roof of a high 

 shed, and seeing a Wolf below, took the oppor- 

 tunity of affronting him with the foulest reproaches : 

 upon which the Wolf, looking up, replied, Do not 

 value yourself, vain creature, upon thinking you 

 mortify me, for I look upon this ill language as 

 not coming from you, but from the place which 

 protects you. 



APPLICATION. 



PLACE a coward out of the reach of danger, and 

 then no man can put on an appearance of greater 

 courage. In his castle he makes a great deal more 

 bluster and threatening than a man of spirit and 

 honour would do, if placed in the same situation. 

 A similar kind of overbearing behaviour too often 



