Thursday, September 30, 2010

Crane: The Snake and The File

A Snake, in a fix, tried a File
For a dinner. "'Tis not worth your while,"
Said the steel, "Don't mistake:
I'm accustomed to take;
To give's not the way of a File."

WE MAY MEET OUR MATCH


Source: W. J. Linton's fables in verse, with illustrations by Walter Crane: Fable 11.
Serpens et Lima; Vulpes et Corvus

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