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No pond nor pool within his haunt	B
But paid a certain cormorant	C
Its contribution from its fishes	D
And stock'd his kitchen with good dishes	D
Yet when old age the bird had chill'd	E
His kitchen was less amply fill'd	E
All cormorants however grey	F
Must die or for themselves purvey	F
But ours had now become so blind	G
His finny prey he could not find	G
And having neither hook nor net	H
His appetite was poorly met	H
What hope with famine thus infested	I
Necessity whom history mentions	J
A famous mother of inventions	J
The following stratagem suggested	I
He found upon the water's brink	K
A crab to which said he 'My friend	L
A weighty errand let me send	L
Go quicker than a wink	K
Down to the fishes sink	K
And tell them they are doom'd to die	M
For ere eight days have hasten'd by	M
Its lord will fish this water dry '	-
The crab as fast as she could scrabble	N
Went down and told the scaly rabble	N
What bustling gathering agitation	O
Straight up they send a deputation	O
To wait upon the ancient bird	P
'Sir Cormorant whence hast thou heard	P
This dreadful news And what	Q
Assurance of it hast thou got	R
How such a danger can we shun	O
Pray tell us what is to be done	O
'Why change your dwelling place ' said he	S
'What change our dwelling How can we '	-
'O by your leave I'll take that care	T
And one by one in safety bear	T
You all to my retreat	U
The path's unknown	O
To any feet	U
Except my own	O
A pool scoop'd out by Nature's hands	V
Amidst the desert rocks and sands	V
Where human traitors never come	W
Shall save your people from their doom '	-
The fish republic swallow'd all	X
And coming at the fellow's call	X
Were singly borne away to stock	Y
A pond beneath a lonely rock	Y
And there good prophet cormorant	C
Proprietor and bailiff sole	Z
From narrow water clear and shoal	Z
With ease supplied his daily want	A2
And taught them at their own expense	B2
That heads well stored with common sense	B2
Give no devourers confidence	C2
Still did the change not hurt their case	D2
Since had they staid the human race	D2
Successful by pernicious art	E2
Would have consumed as large a part	E2
What matters who your flesh devours	F2
Of human or of bestial powers	F2
In this respect or wild or tame	G2
All stomachs seem to me the same	G2
The odds is small in point of sorrow	H2
Of death to day or death to morrow	H2

Jean De La Fontaine

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