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The Dog Invited to Supper.

A Gentleman, having prepared a great feast, invited a Friend to supper;and the Gentleman's Dog, meeting the Friend's Dog, "Come," said he, "mygood fellow, and sup with us to-night." The Dog was delighted with theinvitation, and as he stood by and saw the preparations for the feast,said to himself: "Capital fare indeed! this is, in truth, good luck. Ishall revel in dainties, and I will take good care to lay in an amplestock to-night, for I may have nothing to eat to-morrow." As he saidthis to himself, he wagged his tail, and gave a sly look at his friendwho had incited him. But his tail wagging to and fro caught the cook'seye, who, seeing a stranger, straightway seized him by the legs, andthrew him out the window to the street below. When he reached theground, he set off yelping down the street; upon which the neighbors'dogs ran up to him and asked him how he liked his supper. "In faith,"said he, with a sorry smile, "I hardly know, for we drank so deeply,that I can't even tell you which way I got out."

Those who enter by the back stairs must not complain if they are thrownout by the window.

From Aesop's Fables