The Dog Who Carried His Master's Dinner (prose Fable) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D| Our hands are no more proof against gold than our eyes are proof against beauty There are but few who guard their treasures with care enough | A |
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| A certain dog who had been taught to carry to his master the mid day meal was one day trotting along with the savoury burden slung around his neck He was tempted to take a taste himself but knew that it would be wrong to do so and being a temperate self governed dog he refrained We of the human race allow ourselves to be tempted by covetable things often enough but strange as it is there seems to be more difficulty in teaching mankind to resist temptation than there is in teaching dogs to do so | B |
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| On this particular day the dog was met by a mastiff who at once wanted the dinner but did not find it so easy to capture as he thought for our dog put it down and stood guard over it There was a mighty tussle Soon others arrived curs that were used to knocks and kicks while picking up a living in the streets Seeing that he should be badly over matched and that his master's dinner was in danger of being devoured by the crowd he bethought himself how he too might have his share if shared it must be So he very wisely exclaimed No fighting gentlemen my bit will suffice me Do as you please with the rest With these words he snapped up a portion upon which all the rest began to pull and jostle to their utmost and feasted merrily | C |
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| In this I seem to see the picture of one of those unfortunate towns or states which occasionally have suffered from the greed of their ministers and officials Each functionary has an eye to his own advantage and the smartest sets a pattern for the others The way in which the public funds disappear is amusing If one sheriff or provost having a scruple of conscience finds a trifling argument in defence of the public interest the others show him that he is a fool if he utters half a word So with a very little trouble he gives way and often becomes the leading offender | D |
Jean De La Fontaine
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