a porcupine, seeking for shelter, desired some snakes to give him admittance into their cave. they accordingly let him in, but were afterward so annoyed by his sharp, prickly quills that they repented of their easy compliance, and entreated him to withdraw and leave them their hole to themselves.

"no, no," said he, "let them quit the place that don't like it; for my part, i am very well satisfied as i am."