Four Fables with lessons to be learned

Dear Friends,
I hope all are having a good beginning to this new year 2020.
Mine has been very nice for me so far. I feel like this year is going to be a very eye opening year for me to the good. This year things will be a whole lot smoother then they were last year. Last year was one of those years, that you just want to say, "What was that?"
So since there are lessons to be learned, I will share with you four fables from the Riverside Literature book.Each tells of the lesson learned.

Here is the first one:

THE LION AND THE MOUSE

As a Lion lay asleep, a Mouse, by chance,
ran into his mouth. The lion shut his teeth
together and would have eaten him up, but the
Mouse begged hard to be let out, saying:--
"If you will let me go, I shall be forever grateful."
The lion smiled and let the Mouse out.
Not long after, the Mouse had a chance to
repay him, for the Lion was caught by some
hunters, and bound with ropes to a tree. The
Mouse heard him roar and groan, and ran and
gnawed the ropes, so that the Lion got free.
Then the Mouse said:--
"You laughed at me once, Lion, as if you
could get nothing in return for your kindness
to me, but now it is you who owe your life to
me."
This fable teaches that there may come sudden
changes of fortune, when the strong will
owe everything to the weak.

Here is the second one:

THE LION AND THE BEAR

A Lion and a Bear chance to fall upon a
Fawn at the same time, and they began to
fight for it. They fought so fiercely that at
last they fell down, entirely warn out and
almost dead.
A Fox, passing that way, saw them stretched
out, and the Fawn dead between them. He
stole in slyly, seized the Fawn, and ran away
with it for his dinner. When they saw
this,they could not stir, but they cried out:--
" What wretches we are to take all this trouble
for a Fox!"
This fable teaches that when two people fall
to fighting for something, a third person is apt
to get it.

Here is the third one:

THE HUNTER AND THE WOODCUTTER

A hunter was looking for the tracks of a
Lion, and he asked a Woodcutter whom he met
if he had seen any tracks of a Lion, and if he
knew where the Lion was hid. The Woodcutter
said:--
"Oh, I can show you the Lion himself."
Then the Hunter was pale with fright, his
teeth chattered, and he said:--
"I only want to see his tracks; I don't want
to see the Lion."
There are those who are brave with words
only, not with deeds.

Here is the fourth one:

THE DOG AND THE WOLF

A dog was lying asleep in front of a stable.
A Wolf suddenly came upon him, and was
about to make a meal of him, but the Dog
begged for his life, saying:--
"I am lean and tough now; but wait a little,
for my master is going to give a feast, and then
I shall have plenty to eat; I shall grow fat, and
make a better meal for you."
So the Wolf agreed, and went away. By and
by he came back, and found the Dog asleep on
the house-top. He called to him to come down
now and do as he had agreed. But the Dog
answered;--
"Good Wolf, if you ever catch me again
asleep in front of the stable, you had better not
wait for the feast to come off."
This fable teaches that wise men, when they
escape danger, take care afterwards not to run
the same risk.

Each one has a very good lesson that still applies to this day.  Maybe some people in charge should be sent these lessons. Maybe then they will plan things better and consider the consequence of how they are going about things.

Now here are a few pictures from springs gone by.

 Written on the back of this one: May 8, 1923   Berglund's woodshed

 Written on the back of this one:  Spring April 1939

 Written on the back of this one: Kitten on top of a cow.

Well that's all I have to share with you today.
I hope you will come back soon for more Fading History.
Till then.
Your friend,
Sandy