The blackbird turned away in shame. He wished to hear fault found
with the peacock, but the dove gave only the highest praise.





THE GREEDY DOG


"What a good time I shall have eating this meat when I get home!"
said a dog as it started to cross a stream of water.

He stopped suddenly and looked down into the water. There was his
shadow. "That dog has a larger piece of meat than I," he said. "I
want that piece of meat and I will have it!"

He growled, but the dog in the water did not move nor did he drop
his piece of meat.

He snapped at the dog in the water. He was soon sorry for that,
for the meat slipped from his mouth and sank to the bottom of the
stream, and the dog in the water lost his meat at the same time.





THE GOOSE THAT LAID GOLD EGGS