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If what old story says of Aesop's true	B
The oracle of Greece he was	C
And more than Areopagus he knew	B
With all its wisdom in the laws	D
The following tale gives but a sample	E
Of what has made his fame so ample	E
Three daughters shared a father's purse	F
Of habits totally diverse	F
The first bewitched with drinks delicious	G
The next coquettish and capricious	G
The third supremely avaricious	G
The sire expectant of his fate	H
Bequeathed his whole estate	H
In equal shares to them	I
And to their mother just the same	J
To her then payable and not before	K
Each daughter should possess her part no more	K
The father died The females three	L
Were much in haste the will to see	L
They read and read but still	M
Saw not the willer's will	M
For could it well be understood	N
That each of this sweet sisterhood	N
When she possess'd her part no more	K
Should to her mother pay it o'er	O
'Twas surely not so easy saying	P
How lack of means would help the paying	P
What meant their honour'd father then	Q
Th' affair was brought to legal men	Q
Who after turning o'er the case	G
Some hundred thousand different ways	G
Threw down the learned bonnet	R
Unable to decide upon it	S
And then advised the heirs	G
Without more thought t' adjust affairs	G
As to the widow's share the counsel say	G
'We hold it just the daughters each should pay	G
One third to her upon demand	T
Should she not choose to have it stand	T
Commuted as a life annuity	L
Paid from her husband's death with due congruity '	-
The thing thus order'd the estate	H
Is duly cut in portions three	L
And in the first they all agree	L
To put the feasting lodges plate	H
Luxurious cooling mugs	G
Enormous liquor jugs	G
Rich cupboards built beneath the trellised vine	U
The stores of ancient sweet Malvoisian wine	U
The slaves to serve it at a sign	U
In short whatever in a great house	G
There is of feasting apparatus	G
The second part is made	V
Of what might help the jilting trade	V
The city house and furniture	O
Exquisite and genteel be sure	W
The eunuchs milliners and laces	G
The jewels shawls and costly dresses	G
The third is made of household stuff	X
More vulgar rude and rough	X
Farms fences flocks and fodder	O
And men and beasts to turn the sod o'er	O
This done since it was thought	Y
To give the parts by lot	Z
Might suit or it might not	Z
Each paid her share of fees dear	A2
And took the part that pleased her	O
'Twas in great Athens town	B2
Such judgment gave the gown	B2
And there the public voice	G
Applauded both the judgment and the choice	G
But Aesop well was satisfied	C2
The learned men had set aside	C2
In judging thus the testament	D2
The very gist of its intent	E2
'The dead ' quoth he 'could he but know of it	S
Would heap reproaches on such Attic wit	S
What men who proudly take their place	G
As sages of the human race	G
Lack they the simple skill	M
To settle such a will '	-
This said he undertook himself	F2
The task of portioning the pelf	F2
And straightway gave each maid the part	G2
The least according to her heart	G2
The prim coquette the drinking stuff	F2
The drinker then the farms and cattle	E
And on the miser rude and rough	F2
The robes and lace did Aesop settle	E
For thus he said 'an early date	H
Would see the sisters alienate	H
Their several shares of the estate	H
No motive now in maidenhood to tarry	L
They all would seek post haste to marry	L
And having each a splendid bait	H
Each soon would find a well bred mate	H
And leaving thus their father's goods intact	H2
Would to their mother pay them all in fact '	-
Which of the testament	D2
Was plainly the intent	E2
The people who had thought a slave an ass	G
Much wonder'd how it came to pass	G
That one alone should have more sense	G
Than all their men of most pretence	G

Jean De La Fontaine

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