4|Bat, Weasels, Ass and more...>
4-1|The Bat and the Weasels|FORE=7|BACK=4|MARG=5|SCFX=4

                       The Bat and the Weasels^15

A BAT who fell  upon the ground and  was caught by a  Weasel pleaded to
be spared his life.  The  Weasel refused, saying that he was  by nature
the enemy of all birds.   The Bat assured him that  he was not a  bird,
but a mouse, and thus was  set free.  Shortly afterwards the  Bat again
fell to the ground and was  caught by another Weasel, whom he  likewise
entreated  not  to  eat  him.   The  Weasel  said that he had a special
hostility to mice.  The Bat assured him that he was not a mouse, but  a
bat, and thus a second time escaped.

It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.

4-2|The Ass and the Grasshopper|FORE=7|BACK=4|MARG=5|SCFX=4

                     The Ass and the Grasshopper^15

AN ASS having heard  some Grasshoppers chirping, was  highly enchanted;
and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what  sort
of  food  they  lived  on  to  give  them  such beautiful voices.  They
replied, "The  dew."   The Ass  resolved that  he would  live only upon
dew, and in a short time died of hunger.

4-3|The Lion and the Mouse|FORE=7|BACK=4|MARG=5|SCFX=4

                       The Lion and the Mouse^15

A  LION  was  awakened  from  sleep  by  a Mouse running over his face.
Rising up angrily, he  caught him and was  about to kill him,  when the
Mouse piteously entreated, saying:   "If you would only spare  my life,
I would be sure to repay your kindness."  The Lion laughed and let  him
go.  It happened  shortly after this that  the Lion was caught  by some
hunters,  who  bound  him  by  st  ropes  to  the  ground.   The Mouse,
recognizing his roar, came gnawed the rope with his teeth, and set  him
free, exclaim

"You ridiculed the idea  of my ever being  able to help you,  expecting
to receive from me any repayment of your favor; I now you know that  it
is possible for even a Mouse to con benefits on a Lion."

4-4|The Cock and the Jewel|FORE=7|BACK=4|MARG=5|SCFX=4

                       The Cock and the Jewel^15

A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a  precious
stone and exclaimed: "If your owner had found thee, and not I, he would
have taken thee up, and have set  thee in thy first estate; but I  have
found thee for  no purpose.   I would rather  have one barleycorn  than
all the jewels in the world."