THE FOX & THE MOSQUITOES
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Being plagued with Mosquitoes one day, Said old Fox, “pray don’t send them away, For a hungrier swarm Would work me more harm; I had rather the full ones should stay.” |
THERE WERE POLITICIANS IN ÆSOP’S TIME
THE FOX & THE LION
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The first time the Fox had a sight Of the Lion, he ’most died of fright; When he next met his eye, Fox felt just a bit shy; But the next—quite at ease, & polite. |
FAMILIARITY DESTROYS FEAR