Gateway to the Classics: Fairy Stories and Fables by James Baldwin
 
Fairy Stories and Fables by  James Baldwin
Table of Contents
Little Tuppen
The Dog and the Wolf
The Mice and the Cat
The Fox in the Well
The Three Bears
The Deer
The Wise Goat
The Three Goats Named Bruse
The Wolves, the Dogs, and the Sheep
The Hare and the Tortoise
The Silly Kid
The Three Pigs
The Wolf and the Lamb
The Dog and the Shadow
Little Red Riding Hood
The Quarrel
The Milkmaid and Her Pail
The Story of Tom Thumb
The Fox Who Lost His Tail
The Wind and the Sun
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Fox Outwitted
The Farmer and His Sons
The Battle of the Beasts
The Old Lion
A Wise Crow
Peter and the Magic Goose
Two Foolish Birds
The Lion's Share
Tom Tit Tot
The Dog in the Manger
The Camel and His Master
Cinderella; or, the Little Glass Slipper
The Mouse and the Lion
The Fox and the Crane
Princet and the Golden Blackbird
The Foolish Tortoise
The Ant and the Cricket
Puss in Boots
The Hares
Drakesbill and His Friends
The Tree and the Reeds
The Nest Builders
The Lark and the Farmer
The Fisherman and His Wife

The Dog and the Shadow

A dog , with a piece of meat in his mouth, was crossing a brook.

As he looked down into the clear, smooth water, he saw his shadow there, and thought that it was another dog with a bigger piece of meat. So he dropped what he had, and jumped into the water to get the other piece.

But he did not find another dog there, and the meat which he had dropped sank to the bottom, where he could not get it again.


[Illustration]

Thus, by being so greedy, he lost all that he had, and was obliged to go without his dinner.


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