Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Crane: The Bear and The Bees

"Their honey I'll have when I please;
Who cares for such small things as Bees?"
Said the Bear; but the stings
Of these very small things
Left him not very much at his ease.

THE WEAKEST UNITED MAY BE STRONG TO AVENGE


Source: W. J. Linton's fables in verse, with illustrations by Walter Crane: Fable 56.
Herinaceus et Serpens; Ursus et Apes

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M0133 (not in Perry)

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