THE BALD KNIGHT.

A certain Knight growing old, his hair fell off, and he became bald;

to hide which imperfection he wore a periwig. But as he was riding out

with some others a hunting, a sudden gust of wind blew off the periwig,

and exposed his bald pate. The company could not forbear laughing at

the accident; and he himself laughed as loud as any body, saying, how

was it to be expected that I could keep strange hair upon my head, when

my own would not stay there?

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