THE SEA, THE FOX, AND THE WOLF

A fox that lived by the seashore once met a wolf that had never seen

the sea. The wolf said, "What is the sea?"

"It is a great piece of water by my dwelling," said the fox.

"Is it under your control?" asked the wolf.

"Certainly," said the fox.

"Will you show me the sea, then?" said the wolf.

"With pleasure," said the fox. So the fox led the wolf to the sea, and

said to the waves, "Now go back,"--they went back. "Now come up,"--and

they came up! Then the fox said to the waves, "My friend, the wolf,

has come to see you, so you will come up and go back till I bid you

stop;" and the wolf saw, with wonder, the waves coming up and going

back.

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