SELECT FABLES. THE COCK AND THE JEWEL. A Cock, in scratching upon a dunghill, found a Jewel; what a prize, says he to himself, would this have been to a lapidary, but as to any value it is to me, a barleycorn would have been worth forty of it. REFLECTION. This fable may be considered as holding forth an emblem of industry and moderation. The Cock lives by his honest labour, and maintains his family out of it: B |