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FABLES FOR THE FRIVOLOUS

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Imagine the lightning’s gleaming bars,
Imagine the thunder’s roar,
For that is exactly what eight stars
Are set in a row here for!
The oak lay prone when the storm was done,
While the rush, still quite erect,
Remarked aside, "What under the sun
Could one expect?"

And the moral, I’d have you understand,
Would have made La Fontaine blush,
For it’s this: Some storms come early, and
Avoid the rush!