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Fables for the Fair
THE WOMAN WHO COULD NOT HELP HERSELF
THERE was once a Woman who had Never Learned how to Swim, although she Went in Bathing every day in the Summer. She had a Friend who had Acquired this Art with Some Trouble, and was very Proud of her Proficiency in it.
"It is Absurd," said this Friend, "to Live Near the Water and Not Swim. It Makes you very Attractive to Good Swimmers if you can Go Out with them, and they do Not Feel that you are a Drag on their Pleasures. What would you Do in Case you Fell off the Pier? Now, Watch me!"
With these words she Dived off into the Water and Swam about By Herself.
"It is a Good Thing to have a Woman
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