An Old Fable with a New Setting.
A little lamb lived by a flowing stream.
A great temptation, when the heat was torrid,
To thirsty souls that water's limpid gleam.
At least so thought a Wolf, of aspect horrid,
Who, having for some time abstained and fasted,
Desired to learn how lamb—and water—tasted.
He felt with pinching want his paunch was pining,
Early he'd lunched, so longed the more for dining.
A Cochin China rooster, lank and thin,