The Mules and the Robbers

　　"Be quiet now," said an old Nurse to a child sitting on her

　　lap. "If you make that noise again I will throw you to the Wolf."

　　Now it chanced that a Wolf was passing close under the window

　　as this was said. So he crouched1 down by the side of the house

　　and waited. "I am in good luck to-day," thought he. "It is sure

　　to cry soon, and a daintier morsel2 I haven't had for many a long

　　day." So he waited, and he waited, and he waited, till at last

　　the child began to cry, and the Wolf came forward before the

　　window, and looked up to the Nurse, wagging3 his tail. But all the

　　Nurse did was to shut down the window and call for help, and the

　　dogs of the house came rushing out. "Ah," said the Wolf as he

　　galloped away,

　　"Enemies promises were made to be broken4."