The Fox and the Oyster
A famished fox, so gaunt and cunning,
Surprised a little oyster sunning
And popped the morsel in his mouth,
Which promptly sent the oyster south,
A trick sly kits are taught in dens
For gobbling eggs purloined from hens.
But good and greed do not agree:
In pain, he leaped into the sea
Where water that can slake and cool
Is always glad to drown a fool,
And so the fox, against his wishes,
Provided dinner for the fishes.
A pearl within beyond all price,
Her perils made the oyster wise,
A lesson learned from greedy foxes:
Disaster comes in pretty boxes.
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