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• 1.Jupiter and the Baby Show
• JUPITER held a baby show, open to all animals, and a Monkey entered her hideous cub for a prize, but Jupiter only laughed at her. It is all very well,...
• 2.The Farmer and His Sons
• A FARMER being about to die, and knowing that during his illness his Sons had permitted the vineyard to become overgrown with weeds while they improve...
• 3.The Cat and the Youth
• A CAT fell in love with a handsome Young Man, and entreated Venus to change her into a woman. I should think, said Venus, you might make so trifling a...
• 4.The Dutiful Son
• A MILLIONAIRE who had gone to an almshouse to visit his father met a Neighbour there, who was greatly surprised. What! said the Neighbour, you do some...
• 5.The Thief and the Honest Man
• A THIEF who had brought a suit against his accomplices to recover his share of the plunder taken from an Honest Man, demanded the Honest Man's attenda...
• 6.The Disinterested Arbiter
• TWO Dogs who had been fighting for a bone, without advantage to either, referred their dispute to a Sheep. The Sheep patiently heard their statements,...
• 7.The Mourning Brothers
• OBSERVING that he was about to die, an Old Man called his two Sons to his bedside and expounded the situation. My children, said he, you have not show...
• 8.The Patriot and the Banker
• A PATRIOT who had taken office poor and retired rich was introduced at a bank where he desired to open an account. With pleasure, said the Honest Bank...
• 9.The Self-Made Monkey
• A MAN of humble birth and no breading, who held a high political office, was passing through a forest, when he met a Monkey. I take it you are one of ...
• 10.A Flourishing Industry
• ARE the industries of this country in a flourishing condition? asked a Traveller from a Foreign Land of the first man he met in America. Splendid! sai...