A Wolf, prowling about to
find something
for supper, heard a Child
crying in a
house, and the Nurse say,
"Stop crying this
minute, or I will throw you out of
doors to the
Wolf." Then the Wolf sat down near the door
for a long time, thinking to
himself, "Now
I shall have a good supper."
The Baby cried and cried,
till at last it
went to sleep; and then
the Wolf heard the
Nurse say, "Then, that's a
good Baby. If
the naughty old Wolf comes for my darling,
we'll beat him, so we will."
The Wolf thought it was
now time to be
off, and trotted sadly home.
On his way he
met the Fox.
"What makes you look so
sour and so
forlorn, my friend?" said the Fox.
"Don't speak to me!" growled
the Wolf.
"I have lost my supper just because I believed
What a Nurse said to a Baby."
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