A _Dog_ and a _Wolf_.
A _Wolf_ took a _Dog_ napping at his Master’s Door, and when he was Just
about to Worry him, the Poor Creature beg’d hard only for a Reprieve.
Alas (says he) I’m as Lean at present as Carrion; but we have a Wedding
at our House within these Two or Three Days, that will Plump me up you
shall see with Good Chear. Pray have but Patience till Then, and when I’m
in a Little Better Case, I’ll throw my self in the very Mouth of ye. The
_Wolf_ took his Word, and so let him go; but passing some Few Days after
by the same House again, he spy’d the _Dog_ in the _Hall_, and bad him
Remember his Promise. Heark ye, my Friend, says the _Dog_; Whenever you
Catch me Asleep again, on the Wrong side of the Door, never Trouble your
Head to Wait for a Wedding.
The MORAL.
_Experience Works upon many Brutes more than upon Some Men. They are not
to be Gull’d twice with the same Trick; And at the Worst, a Bad Shift is
Better than None._