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The Lion & The Boar

Two beasts arrive to drink at summer's height,

The boar and lion find a flowing stream,

But then they clash with brutal words and fight

To be the first to drink and reign supreme.

But vultures perch within a nearby tree

To watch them fight and wait for one to die;

The boar and lion turn around to see

These birds above that circle in the sky.

The morbid thought of vultures at a feast

Upon their flesh defused the tension there,

And peace returned unto these once mad beasts

While soon the birds took flight to other air.

Recall in hostile times the sage instruction:

Resist the urge to rage and sure destruction.

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The Mice In Council

A group of mice had learned to fear

The cat that always followed near.

So all the mice would make a plan;

The rodent council soon began.

For many views were spoken there,

Yet all were met with great despair;

Until one stood to then respond

With plans of which most mice were fond.

"The cat's a lethal creature, yes,

And that's a fact I will confess;

But only when he's being sly,

Of which I have a grand reply.

We'll simply tie a bell around

His neck to warn us with its' sound!"

The mice were cheering at the thought;

They loved this answer quite a lot.

But one then rose to challenge that,

And asked "But who will bell the cat?"

The grander goals, proposed with ease,

Require more than words to seize.

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The Peacock & The Crane

The peacock spied a crane of duller shade;

He deemed her less among the creatures made.

'T was then he flared and flashed his plumage fine.

"Your plumes may catch the eye far more than mine"

The crane replied, "But when it comes to flight,

My wings allow for me to soar in height.

Although I may be dull compared to you,

My feathers serve a greater purpose too."

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The Frog & The Fox

A frog had claimed the doctor's art,

With skills to cure an ailing heart,

An ailing mind, or ailing frame;

For healing illness was his game;

With all these boasts achieving fame.

One day in selling to a crowd

Of beasts the cures which made him proud,

A fox sprang up and laughed out loud:

"Don't buy from such a useless hack;

"This doctor's nothing more than quack!

"He's sick himself, and yet he'll preach

"Upon the cures outside his reach!

"So put these words upon your shelf:"

Then scoffed, "Physician, heal thyself!"