A foolish Dog, who carried in his jaw
A juicy bone,
Looked down into a stream, and there he saw
Another one,
Splash! In he plunged.. The image disappeared -
The meat he had was gone.
Indeed, he nearly sank,
And barely reached the bank.

(C) Jean De La Fontaine
03/11/2020


Best Poems of Jean De La Fontaine

• The Dove And The Ant.
• The Head And The Tail Of The Serpent.
• The Princess Betrothed To The King Of Garba
• The Nightingale
• The Eel Pie
• The Dog With His Ears Cropped (prose Fable)
• The Man And His Image (prose Fable)
• The Man Between Two Ages, And His Two Mistresses.[1]
• The Dress-maker
• The Gascon
• Epitaph Of La Fontaine Made By Himself
• The Joker And The Fishes.
• The Impossible Thing
• Richard Minutolo
• The Picture
• The Sick Abbess
• The Indiscreet Confessions
• The Case Of Conscience
• The Devil Of Pope-fig Island