Sunday, October 10, 2010

Crane: The Frightened Lion

A Bull-Frog, according to rule,
Sat a-croak in his usual pool:
And he laughed in his heart
As a Lion did start,
In a fright from the brink like a fool.

IMAGINARY FEARS ARE THE WORST


Source: W. J. Linton's fables in verse, with illustrations by Walter Crane: Fable 6.
Leo et Rana

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