FABLES. 



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THE ONE-EYED DOE. 



A Doe that had lost an eye, used to graze near 

 the sea; and that she might be the more secure 

 from harm, she kept her blind side towards the 

 water, from whence she had no apprehension of 

 danger, and with the other surveyed the country 

 as she fed. By this vigilance and precaution, she 

 thought herself in the utmost security; but a sly 

 fellow, with two poaching companions, who had 

 watched her several days to no purpose, at last 

 took a boat, and came gently down upon her, and 

 shot her. The Doe, in the agonies of death 

 breathed out this doleful complaint: O hard fate, 

 that I should receive my death's wound from the 

 side whence I expected no ill, and be safe in that 

 quarter where I looked for the most danger. 



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