HE IS JUST AS GOOD AND SWEET AND
HE IS JUST AS GOOD AND SWEET AND

THE SCULPTOR, OR THE PEOPLE WHO HAD ORDERED THIS STONE FIGURE, HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN VERY MUCH PLEASED WITH IT, FOR LITTLE COPIES OF IT.
Over the great door of an old, old church which stood in a quiet town of a faraway land there was carved in stone the figure of a large griffin. The old-time sculptor had done his work with great care, but the image he had made was not a pleasant one to look at. It had a large head, with enormous open mouth and savage teeth; from its back arose great wings, armed with sharp hooks and prongs; it had stout legs in front, with projecting claws, but there were no legs behind--the body running out into a long.



