قراءة كتاب The Baby's Own Aesop
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The wool tangled his feet,
And the shepherd laid hold of the sham.
BEWARE OF OVERRATING YOUR OWN POWERS
THE BLIND DOE
| A poor half-blind Doe her one eye Kept shoreward, all danger to spy, As she fed by the sea, Poor innocent! she Was shot from a boat passing by. |
WATCH ON ALL SIDES
THE GEESE & THE CRANES
| The Geese joined the Cranes in some wheat; All was well, till, disturbed at their treat, Light-winged, the Cranes fled, But the slow Geese, well fed, Couldn’t rise, and were caught in retreat. |
BEWARE OF ENTERPRIZES WHERE THE RISKS ARE NOT EQUAL
THE TRUMPETER TAKEN PRISONER
| A Trumpeter, prisoner made, Hoped his life would be spared when he said He’d no part in the fight, But they answered him—“Right, But what of the music you made?” |
SONGS MAY SERVE A CAUSE AS WELL AS SWORDS
HOT AND COLD
| When to warm his cold fingers man blew, And again, but to cool the hot stew; Simple Satyr, unused To man’s ways, felt confused, When the same mouth blew hot & cold too! |
ÆSOP AIMED AT DOUBLE DEALING
NEITHER BEAST NOR BIRD
| A Beast he would be, or a bird, As might suit, thought the Bat: but he erred. When the battle was done, He found that no one Would take him for friend at his word. |
BETWEEN TWO STOOLS YOU MAY COME TO THE GROUND
THE STAG IN THE OX STALL
| Safe enough lay the poor hunted Deer In the ox-stall, with nothing to fear From the careless-eyed men: Till the Master came; then There was no hiding-place for the Deer. |
AN EYE IS KEEN IN ITS OWN INTEREST
THE DEER & THE LION
| From the hounds the swift Deer sped away, To his cave, where in past times he lay Well concealed; unaware Of a Lion couched there, For a spring that soon made him his prey. |
FATE CAN MEET AS WELL AS FOLLOW
THE LION IN LOVE
| Though the Lion in love let them draw All his teeth, and pare down every claw, He’d no bride for his pains, For they beat out his brains Ere he set on his maiden a paw. |
OUR VERY MEANS MAY DEFEAT OUR ENDS
THE CAT AND VENUS
| “Might his Cat be a woman,” he said: Venus changed her: the couple were wed: But a mouse in her sight Metamorphosed her quite, And for bride, a cat found he instead. |
NATURE WILL OUT
MICE IN COUNCIL
| Against Cat sat a Council of Mice. Every Mouse came out prompt with advice; And a bell on Cat’s throat Would have met a round vote, Had the bell-hanger not been so nice. |
THE BEST POLICY OFTEN TURNS ON AN IF
THE HEN AND THE FOX
| The Hen roosted high on her perch; Hungry Fox down below, on the search, Coaxed her hard to descend She replied, “Most dear friend! I feel more secure on my perch.” |
BEWARE OF INTERESTED FRIENDSHIPS
THE CAT AND THE FOX
| The Fox said “I can play, when it fits, Many wiles that with man make me quits.” “But my trick’s up a tree!” Said the Cat, safe to see Clever Fox hunted out of his wits. |
TRUST TO SKILL RATHER THAN
