Show A FABLE t the squirrel owl and ance also tho th reflections flecki S of a it was in late summer and the owl sat upon a branch looking very wise and doing nothing while the squirrel busied himself with the nuts lying about on the ground gathering them expeditiously abid stowing them away in hollows and holes winter came by and by and with its sharp cold and deep snow but still the owl sat upon the branch looking wise and doing nothing the squirrel jeered at it him tW thinking Elking th thit that it the owl must be hungry and starving starring because the bird had not been a provident one each eay day the squirrel grew fatter but the owl did not change which the squirrel thought to be due to the feathers stuck out by the owl in his false pride when it was at last between fall and spring ti methe amne jay jamy one day saw the wise owl leave its perch on the branch and seize the fat provident squirrel by the neck and eat him after which the owl returned to the branch and sat upon it looking wiser than ever and the blue jay wondered if it was better to td be provident like the squirrel wise like the owl or cupl ar v like the mice inice e that thereafter ate of the squirrels store |