Knowing what sort of a creature a magpie is, I amused myself with hoaxing her,--the fashionable amusement at court, you know." The fox made a mighty struggle, and leaped on the ground, leaving his tail behind him.

It did not grow again in a hurry.
"See," said the griffin, as the beasts all laughed at the figure Reynard made running into the wood, "the dog beats the fox with the ladies, after all; and cunning as he is in everything else, the fox is the last creature that should ever think of making love!" "Charming!" cried Nymphalin, clasping her hands; "it is just the sort of story I like." "And I suppose, sir," said Nip, pertly, "that the dog and the cat lived very happily ever afterwards?
Indeed the nuptial felicity of a dog and cat is proverbial!" "I dare say they lived much the same as any other married couple," answered the prince..