Friday, October 1, 2010

Crane: The Ass and The Enemy

"Get up! Let us flee from the Foe,"
Said the Man: but the Ass said, "Why so?
Will they double my load,
Or my blows? Then, by goad
And by stirrup, I've not cause to go."

YOUR REASONS ARE NOT MINE


Source: W. J. Linton's fables in verse, with illustrations by Walter Crane: Fable 17.
Cervus, Equus & Homo; Asinus in Prato

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