A Dog asleep in a manger filled with hay, was awakened by the Cattle, which came in tired and hungry from working in the field. So, as soon as Mother Goat was out of sight, up he trotted to the door and knocked. But first please pipe me a tune, for I want to dance and be merry as long as I can. Goodby, neighbor Cricket, he called. I'm off. Do not say 'I have found a purse,' said his companion. Say rather 'we have found a purse' and 'how lucky we are. Yes, said the Grasshoppers, who were very fond of a joke; it is the dew we drink! Now the Bat family had not openly joined either side. From this he took a very small portion for himself, such undesirable bits as the horns and hoofs of a mountain goat, and the end of an ox tail. Though Jupiter may not give him the prize, I know that he is the prettiest, the sweetest, the dearest darling in the world.
Mother love is blind.