The thieves and the ass coloring page

The thieves and the ass fable coloring page.

Description of Coloring Page: men, thieves, ass, dagger, arguing, fists, evening landscape, title text, fable by La Fontaine

TWO thieves, pursuing their profession,

Had of a donkey got possession,

Whereon a strife arose,

Which went from words to blows.

The question was, to sell, or not to sell;

But while our sturdy champions fought it well,

Another thief, who chanced to pass,

With ready wit rode off the ass.

'This ass is, by interpretation,

Some province poor, or prostrate nation.

The thieves are princes this and that,

On spoils and plunder prone to fat,

As those of Austria, Turkey, Hungary.

(Instead of two, I've quoted three

Enough of such commodity.)

These powers engaged in war all,

Some fourth thief stops the quarrel,

According all to one key,

riding off the donkey

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The grasshopper and the ant coloring page

The grasshopper and ant fable coloring page.

Description of Coloring Page: grasshopper, ants, field, poppies, title text, fable by La Fontaine, Illustrated by Percy J. Billinghurst

A GRASSHOPPER gay

 Sang the summer away,

And found herself poor

By the winter's first roar.

Of meat or of bread,

Not a morsel she had !

So a-begging she went,

To her neighbor the ant,

For the loan of some wheat,

Which would serve her to eat,

Till the season came round.

"I will pay you," she saith,

" On an animal's faith,

Double weight in the pound

Ere the harvest be bound.'*

The ant is a friend

(And here she might mend)

Little given to lend.

" How spent you the summer ? "

Quoth she, looking shame

At the borrowing dame.

" Night and day to each comer

I sang, if you please."

" You sang ! I'm at ease ;

For 'tis plain at a glance,

Now, ma'am, you must dance."

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