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 YET GIVE HIM A STONE?"
Source: W. J. Linton's fables in verse, with illustrations by Walter Crane: Fable 2.
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