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APPOSITIONAL [Par. 146, I47.

sent to say that he would forgive her her past cowardice if she came at once to join his army. " What
146 right has he to ask me such a Jfior? " replied the bat.
"How can he take me for a beast? Even a mole can
see that I have wings. Who ever saw a beast with
wings? "
Saying these words, she flew to the birds, who seemed
on the point of gaining a complete victory, andagerly
offered the eagle her services. But the eagle answered,
"Just now you told us you were a beast. Go to your
friends the beasts: they need your help more than we."
The bat retired in confusion; but an hour afterwards,
fortune inclining toward the beasts, she humbly approached the lion, offering him her help. " You would
not do us a kindness when we were in trouble," roared
the lion, "and now do you talk about giving us your
help? Away with you! The battle once over, I will
make short work with you."
Rejected by both parties - the natural result of her cowardice-the bat was forced to lead a solitary life. So sho
skulks in dark places, and prefers the night to the day
-a warning to all men that they must not " trim."
Appositional Verbs, or Verbs of Identity.
147 It has been shewn that two Nouns or Pronouns
when " in Apposition" are both used Subjectively,
or else both used Objectively. There are some Verbs
whose nature it is thus to connect Nouns or Pronouns, placing them, as it were, in Apposition.
These Verbs sometimes express the identity between-two persons or things. The Verb "is" is
commonly used thus: -
(1) " Tle author of this book is my brother."