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33 64 FABLED STORIES FROM THE ZOO.
"’ O mother, I dare not!’ said the little
one, and fluttered her young pinions from sheer
fright
"’ Don’t be such a silly child,’ said the
mother. ’ It is high time you learnt this
business, which has been the profession of our
race for many centuries, and really you must
begin at once—some time must be the first.
It is the fault of man that the crocodile has
become the bloodthirsty monster that he is,
since the tyrants living on the banks of the
Nile were in the habit of throwing their
vanquished enemies and slaves into the river
to feed these reptiles. They are voracious,
but they are no fools; they know who are
their best, their only friends, and that’s we.
Come along! Fly after me, straight into his
open jaws, and don’t chatter when you get
there, but pick away diligently and fill your
crop. Come along!’ urged the mother, and
flew away on her errand, and her little one
followed on trembling wings."
" Had the parent bird listened to the prayer
of the monster, as he lay panting for help, or
was it only of selfish interest ?" asked the
Hindoo Hanuman ape.
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