That they and their tails should part!
Plain was the gain as plain could be,
But his words did not avail;
For they all replied, “We perceive your case;
You do not speak for the good of the race,
But only to cover your own disgrace,
Because you have lost your tail!”
Then another fox, of a liberal mind,
With a tail of splendid size,
Became convinced that the tailless state