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May I come in and share your food and shelter?" said the grasshopper.

"What did you do all summer?" said the

ants.

5 "I? Why, I sang, of course," said the grasshopper.

1. What did the ants do all summer? 2. What did the grasshopper do? 3. What happened when cold weather came? 4. The ants were rather cruel, were they not? 5. Did the grasshopper deserve what he got?

Here are some lines to remember:

How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day,
From every opening flower.

THE FOX AND THE CROW

A fox once saw a crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. "That's for me, as I am a fox," said the fox, and he walked up to the foot of the tree. "Good day, Mistress Crow," he cried. "How well you are 5 looking to-day; how glossy your feathers, how bright your eye! I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does;

let me hear but one song from

you

greet you as the queen of birds."

that I may

Now the crow was much flattered at this praise and, lifting up her head, began to caw her best. 5 But the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox.

"That will do," said he. "That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give 10 you a piece of advice for the future: Do not trust

1. How did the fox outwit the crow? 2. Tell whether or not you are sorry for the crow. Why? 3. What name do we have for the crow's weakness?

Here are some more proverbs. Try again to fit them to the group of fables you have just read.

1. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 2. Make hay while the sun shines. 3. He laughs best who laughs last. 4. Experience is the best teacher.

THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat;

They took some honey, and plenty of money

Wrapped up in a five-pound note.

The Owl looked up to the stars above,

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And sang to a small guitar,

"O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,

What a beautiful Pussy you are,

You are,

You are!

What a beautiful Pussy you are!

Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl,
How wonderfully sweet you sing!

Oh! let us be married; too long we have tarried:

But what shall we do for a ring?
They sailed away for a year and a day
To the land where the bong-tree grows;
And there in a wood, a Piggy-wig stood.
With a ring at the end of his nose,

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