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Said Fox, minus tail in a trap, “My friends! here’s a lucky mishap: Give your tails a short lease!” But the foxes weren’t geese, And none followed the fashion of trap. |
YET SOME FASHIONS HAVE NO BETTER REASON
THE DOG & THE SHADOW
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His image the Dog did not know, Or his bone’s, in the pond’s painted show: “T’other dog,” so he thought “Has got more than he ought,” So he snapped, & his dinner saw go! |
GREED IS SOMETIMES CAUGHT BY ITS OWN BAIT