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 Rh THE DOG AND CAT.

THE GOLDEN PITCHER.

once, whose sons were two,

For each a gift had much ado.

At last upon this course he fell;

'My sons,' said he, 'within our well

Two treasures lodge, as I am told:

The one a sunken piece of gold,—

A bowl it may be, or a pitcher;

The other is a thing far richer.

These treasures if you can but find.

Each may be suited to his mind;

For both are precious in their kind.