قراءة كتاب The Baby's Own Aesop
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اللغة: English
الصفحة رقم: 2
tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">27. The Man and the Snake.
ÆSOP’S FABLES
THE FOX & THE GRAPES
This Fox has a longing for grapes, He jumps, but the bunch still escapes. So he goes away sour; And, ’tis said, to this hour Declares that he’s no taste for grapes. |
THE GRAPES OF DISAPPOINTMENT ARE ALWAYS SOUR
THE COCK & THE PEARL
A rooster, while scratching for grain, Found a Pearl. He just paused to explain That a jewel’s no good To a fowl wanting food, And then kicked it aside with disdain. |
IF HE ASK BREAD WILL YE GIVE HIM A STONE?
THE WOLF AND THE LAMB
A wolf, wanting lamb for his dinner, Growled out—“Lamb you wronged me, you sinner.” Bleated Lamb—“Nay, not true!” Answered Wolf—“Then ’twas Ewe— Ewe or lamb, you will serve for my dinner.” |
FRAUD AND VIOLENCE HAVE NO SCRUPLES