Then Crimson Crest got up like one waking from a trance, and with a hearty laugh exclaimed, "Ladies, you fancied you all loved me for one and the same reason; but now you see. _There is many a way to love as they say!_" THE BLACK DOG AND THE WHITE DOG A Man in the East once went about saying, "I can put these two dogs together, one of which is white, and the other black, as you see, and make a gray dog of them; and turn the gray dog again to the black dog and the white dog, if people would pay for the fun." A Wag who heard these words removed the two dogs at night, and left instead a gray cur. The man rose up in the morning and complained bitterly to the crowd, which came to see him, that some one had stolen his two dogs. "No," said the Wag, who was one of the crowd, "some one has simply saved you the trouble of putting the two dogs together, and making a gray dog of them. So you must now perform the other part of your trick, and make the black dog and the white dog out of this gray cur." The man quietly threw his wallet over his shoulders and walked away. The Wag and the crowd shouted--"The tongue hath no bone in it. It can turn as you twist it." _It is one thing to say, and another thing to do!_ THE ELEPHANT AND THE APE An Elephant named Grand Tusk and an Ape named Nimble were friends. Grand Tusk observed, "Behold, how big and powerful I am!" Nimble cried in reply, "Behold, how agile and entertaining I am!" Each was eager to know which was really superior to the other, and which quality was the most esteemed by the wise. So they went to Dark Sage, an owl that lived in an old tower, to have their claims discussed and settled. Dark Sage said, "You must do as I bid, that I may form an opinion." "Agreed!" cried both. "Then," said Dark Sage, "cross yonder river, and bring me the mangoes on the great tree beyond." Off went Grand Tusk and Nimble, but when they came to the stream, which was flowing full, Nimble held back; but Grand Tusk took him up on his back, and swam across in a very short time. Then they came to the mango-tree, but it was very lofty and thick. Grand Tusk could neither touch the fruit with his trunk, nor could he break the tree down to gather the fruit. Up sprang Nimble, and in a trice let drop a whole basketful of rich ripe mangoes. Grand Tusk gathered the fruit up into his capacious mouth, and the two friends crossed the stream as before. "Now," said Dark Sage, "which of you is the better? Grand Tusk crossed the stream, and Nimble gathered the fruit." _Each thing in its place is best._ THE CROW AND THE DAWN A Crow that lived on a tree by a great city in the East thought that the day dawned because of his cawing. One day he said to himself, "How important I am! But for my care, I confess, the world would get into a mess."