FABLES. 



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THE DEER AND THE LIOX. 



A Deer, terrified by the cry of the Hunters, 

 instead of trusting to his fleetness, made towards 

 a cave which he chanced to espy, and in which he 

 hoped to conceal himself until they were passed 

 by; but he had scarcely reached the entrance 

 before he was seized by a Lion who lay crouching 

 there, ready to spring upon his prey, and who 

 instantly killed and tore him to pieces. In the 

 last agonies of death, he thus gave vent to his 

 feelings : Ah, me ! said he, unhappy creature 

 that I am. I hoped in this cave to escape the 

 pursuit of men; but have fallen into the jaws of 

 the most cruel and rapacious of wild beasts. 



APPLICATION. 



THIS Fable points out the dangers to which we 

 expose ourselves, when, from want of presence of 



