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bye ; ' and the men replied, ' Good-bye.' He went away, and 

 waiting till evening, and returning at supper time, he wovmded 

 the leg of each remaining sheep, and ran off to the owner and 

 said, ' A monster bigger than the last has come and wounded 

 all your sheep.' Previous to this the fox went to the market, 

 and bought a suit of clothes, and sprinkled them with the 

 blood of the sheep, and made it appear as if the big monster of 

 whom he spoke had also killed a man. He then said to the 

 owner, ' All your sheep are spoiled ; we had better kill them 

 and make a feast.' So the shepherd killed the rest of the sheep, 

 and ate them with the fox ; and when they had finished, the 

 fox filled a bowl with dirty water. The owner after he had 

 finished his breakfast, said, ' What am I to do now ? The 

 sheep are killed.' The fox said, ' Now I will tell you how it all 

 happened.' The man said, ' How 1 ' The fox said, ' Not till you 

 open that door so that the light is let in ; ' and then said 

 quickly, ' It is I who killed your sheep ; ' he then threw the 

 dirty water in his face, and made off. 



5. The Pigeon and the Monkey. 



Once u]Don a time as a pigeon was passing by he met with a 

 monkey. The monkey said to the pigeon, ' Come, let us play ; ' 

 and the pigeon said, ' Very well, what shall we play at 1 ' The 

 monkey put up a stick and proposed they should get up it. 

 The pigeon agreed, and the monkey said, ' Which shall go up 

 first ] ' The pigeon said, ' You.' The monkey said, ' All right,' 

 and tried but could not manage it ; upon which the pigeon im- 

 mediately flew to the top. The pigeon said, ' Now it is my 

 turn to say, ' What shall we next try 1 ' The monkey said, ' All 

 right.' So the pigeon challenged the monkey to tie his tail to 

 his leg, and when he had accomplished it, and untied it, he said, 

 ' Come, let us see whether you can tie your wing to your leg.' 

 The pigeon said ' All right,' and fastened his wing to his leg, 

 but could not undo it ; and the monkey devoured him. 



6. The Hyena and the Hedgehog. 



Once upon a time there was a hedgehog travelling in quest 

 of something to eat, and saw a hyena coming towards him with 

 intent to devour him. As soon as the hyena had reached him, 



