Fab. CCXVI.
A Fiſherman and a Little Fiſh.
AS an Angler was at his Sport, he had the Hap to Draw up a very Little Fiſh from among the Fry. The Poor Wretch begg'd heartily to be thrown in again; for ſays he, I’m not come to my Growth yet, and if you'l let me alone till I am Bigger, Your Purchaſe will turn to a Better Account. Well! ſays the Man, but I'd rather have a Little Fiſh in Poſſeſſion, then a Great One in Reverſion.
The Moral.
REFLEXION.
THERE’s no Parting with a Certainty for an Uncertainty. But This Fable is abundantly Moraliz’d Elſewhere.
Fab. CCXVII.
An Ant and a Graſshopper.
AS the Ants were Airing their Proviſions One Winter, Up comes a Hungry Graſshopper to 'em, and begs a Charity. They told him that he ſhould have Wrought in Summer, if he would not have Wanted in Winter. Well ſays the Graſshopper, but I was not Idle neither; for I Sung out the Whole Seaſon. Nay then, ſaid they, You ſhall e'en do Well to make a Merry Year on't, and Dance in Winter to the Tune that You Sung in Summer.
The Moral.
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