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The Squirrel and the Wolf
A Squirrel was leaping from limb to limb, and fell directly upon a sleeping Wolf. The Wolf jumped up, and was going to devour him. But the Squirrel begged the Wolf to let him go.
The Wolf said:—
“All right; I will let you go on condition that you tell me why it is that you squirrels are always so happy. I am always melancholy; but I see you playing and leaping all the time in the trees.”
The Squirrel said:—
“Let me go first, and then I will tell you; but now I am afraid of you.”