The  Haps  and  Mishaps  of  a  Hill  of  Corn 
( Continued .) 
inches  taller  than  the  others,  but  our  two 
friends  were  sturdy,  compact  and  hardy 
stalks  that  gave  promise  of  bearing  fine 
ears  and  ripening  them  before  frost  came. 
Fatty,  on  the  contrary,  while  large,  was 
soft  and  unhealthy  and  as  likely  as  not 
to  he  injured  by  frost,  but  he  heeded  not 
these  things,  and  continually  bragged 
about  his  size. 
This  state  of  things  continued  until 
Farmer  Gray  was  cultivating  the  field 
for  the  last  time  ;  when  his  horse  had  got 
to  our  friends’  hill,  he  saw  the  fine,  juicy 
leaves  of  Fatty  waving  in  the  air,  as  he 
was  proudly  telling  his  companions  of 
his  great  importance ;  at  this  moment 
the  horse  opened  his  big  mouth  and  took 
a  bite  of  Fatty  (see  Fig.  92),  head  and 
all,  almost  down  to  his  heart,  and  soon 
had  swallowed  all  of  Fatty’s  beauty. 
“  Pride  had  gone  before  the  fall.” 
“Poor  fellow!”  said  the  little  one,  as 
soon  as  he  recovered  from  this  fresh 
shock,  “  what  will  he  do  now  ?  ” 
“I  can’t  help  pitying  him,”  tremblingly 
whispered  the  sister,  “in  spite  of  his 
talking  so  big  and  being  such  a  coward. 
Do  you  think  he  can  ever  grow  up  again  ? 
He  is  even  shorter  than  we  are  now,  and 
nothing  but  a  bare  stem.” 
“  Oh,  I  guess  he  was  not  killed  en¬ 
tirely,”  was  the  answer,  “  but  perhaps  he 
might  as  well  have  been,  for  quite  likely 
he  will  never  have  any  corn  on  his  stalk.” 
Fatty  heard  all  they  said,  but  was  too 
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appearance,  nothing  was  left  but  a  short, 
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and  all  ambition  seemed  to  have  left  him  ; 
he  grew  feebly  through  the  summer,  but 
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