THE
GLOW-WORM AND THE DAW.
A JACKDAW once
ran up to a glow-worm and was about to seize him. " Wait a
moment,
good friend," said the worm ; " and you shall hear something to your
advantage."
" Ah !
what is it ?"said the daw.
"I am
but one of the many glow-worms that live in this forest. If you wish to
have them all,
follow me," said the glowworm.
" Certainly
!" said the daw.
Then the glow-worm
led him to a place in the wood where a fire had been kindled
by some woodmen,
and pointing to the sparks flying about, said, " There you
" find
the glow-worms warming themselves round a fire. When you have done with
them, I shall
show you some more, at a distance from this place."
The daw darted
at the sparks, and tried to swallow some of them ; but his
mouth being
burnt by the attempt, he ran away exclaiming,
" Ah,
the glow-worm is a dangerous little creature !" Said the glow-worm with pride,
" Wickedness
yields to wisdom !"
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