Pratt: The Dog and his Shadow.

A dog had stolen a piece of meat for hix dinner. "Now for a feast," said the dog. And away he trotted with the meat in his mouth. On his way home there was a brook to cross. The water was very clear and very still. The dog saw his own shadow in the water. "There is another dog with another piece of meat," thought he. "R-r-r-r" growled he, looking down into the water. "R-r-r-r," growled the dog in the water looking up at him. "I'll have that piece of meat," thought the greedy dog on the bridge. So he growled again and showed his teeth. The dog in the water showed his teeth too. That made the dog on the bridge angry. Snap! snap! and down went the meat into the water, and the greedy dog had nothing but his own thoughts to dine upon. I wonder if they were pleasant?

Source: Mara Pratt's Aesop 14.

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