Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Crane: The Fox and The Crow

Said sly Fox to the Crow with the cheese,
"Let me hear your sweet voice, now, do please!"
And this Crow, bring weak,
Cawed the bit from her beak.
"Music charms," said the Fox, "and here's cheese."

BEWARE OF FLATTERERS


Source: W. J. Linton's fables in verse, with illustrations by Walter Crane: Fable 12.
Serpens et Lima; Vulpes et Corvus

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