Aesop's Fables Edited by Charles Stikeney.

 

THE CAT AND THE BIRDS

A  Cat,  hearing  that  some  birds  who  lived in  a  martin-box near by were ill, put  on  his spectacles and his overcoat,  and made himself look as much as possible like a doctor,  and went and knocked at he door.    "I  hear  you  are  all  sick,"  said  he.    "Let me  in,  and  I  will  give  you  some  medicine, and cure you."    "No, thank you," said the Birds,  who   saw his whiskers,  and  knew it  was their  enemy, the Cat;  "we are well enough, --- much  better than if we should open our door, and let  you in."