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Show THE STORY OF THE BAT- rrcx ie i raiKcB or la rosTAis. Tu lold. Id a 1 pern old, How a certain rat, grown tired of itrife. And tbeca'U that beret Lli rat.ii)i'r life, Wiitiing to meditate at hi nvse, To. k up his abode In a Holland cheese. Or fonnd Tuit great ronnd . Uatc Nolitode, -licit or, and Tentv to eat, 1 And by diligent ueoriiU ireth and hit fe.t, lie iood hwl hfrmitage iione 10 hi mind. It walU and its lloor with xood victuals hoed. Tli is rat Soon grew fat. And be taid to himielf : "Ood bleatci Lis own. My Uxlj woelU oalj b akin antl bone, f'l Ludnt in rued berrcit- I really Qiust (ay ltcnouncing ttie world ia tbe belter way." . To hii cheeeo, , On their kner. Came fcinie reprecentat'TM from the rats. Buying: "Butopi'lU it 1-psirgtd liy tbe cat. 'e are axing (or ail to a forrign land: Uld ueijbbur, do land m a bclpmg band. "(Te tet out Without A dolJnr top)' th nxedful expense. Lio five ii.i a still in;, or at Icuit a few cent1", We'll be rtry grateful, we'll turely rTpy, If ne live to return, on next Jetv Year J-)." Theint find that He no lun per hid intern! in worldly aA'air; II ut fur lake wl oil trieudchip his two lungcit prayers Were at thi-ir disposal; vliat ecu Id hermit do He guvo ihem hU blc-siDg, anl closud the door. "0 tli- rarity Of charily" Auinof- tne rnt f .mily ! If tnon live at eace, At-d tho world ia to Ihrm a great liullnud iliecne; W hi'U tLtir Tri uds a:o.diiIrctoJ nud iu sorry l.llEl.t, Do tlicv give culy Llc.i'ig., tliu cloe iLe UiKr |