THE FOX IN THE WELL

A Fox while looking for water one day fell into a well. He tried hard to climb

out, but he could only keep his head above the water in the bottom of the well.

He called loudly for help and had almost given up hope when a Wolf looked down into the well.

"Ah!" said the Fox, "do help me to get out of this deep well or I shall soon die!" "Poor thing!" said the Wolf. "How did you happen to fall into the well? You must be very cold! I am afraid you will die! I am so sorry for you!"

"This is no time to say you are sorry and to ask questions," said the Fox. "Get me out of the well first, then I will tell you all about it.”

-Aesop

DO ALL THE GOOD YOU CAN

Do all the good you can,
In all the ways you can,
To all the people you can,
Just as long as you can.

THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE

One day a Hare was making fun of a Tortoise. "How slow you go," said the Hare. "I do not see how you can ever get anywhere! Now, I can run as fast as the wind. You ought to see me run.'

"Will you run a race with me?" asked the Tortoise. "I think I can beat you." "Ha! ha! That is a good joke," said the Hare. "I could dance around you all the way."

"Do not boast until you have beaten," answered the Tortoise. "Shall we race?"

"Yes, indeed!" said the Hare. "And we will ask the Fox to mark the course and to give the prize."

The Fox was very wise and fair. He showed them where to start and how far to run.

The Hare started off like the wind, but he wanted to show the Tortoise that he did not need to hurry, so he lay down under a bush and went to sleep.

The Tortoise crept slowly on and on until he came to the end of the course. Just then the Hare awoke, but he found that he was too late to win the race.

"Slow and steady does it, you see,” said the Fox.

-Aesop

Be not overcome of evil,

But overcome evil with good.

FREDDY AND THE CHERRY TREE

Freddy saw some fine ripe cherries
Hanging on a cherry tree,
And he said, "You pretty cherries,
Will you not come down to me?”

"Thank you kindly," said a cherry,
"We would rather stay up here;
If we ventured down this morning,
You would eat us up, I fear.

One, the finest of the cherries,
Dangled from a slender twig;