Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks

<h2><SPAN name="f12" id="f12"></SPAN><i>The Ass In The Lion's Skin.</i></h2> <ANTIMG src="images/12,1.jpg" alt="For Sale."><br/> <br/> An Ass in The Lion's skin arrayed<br/> Made everybody fear.<br/> And this was queer,<br/> Because he was himself afraid.<br/> Yet everywhere he strayed<br/> The people ran like deer.<br/> <ANTIMG src="images/12,2.jpg" alt="12,2"><br/> Ah, ah! He is betrayed:<br/> <i>No lion has that long and hairy ears.</i><br/> <ANTIMG src="images/12,3.jpg" alt="No lion has that long and hairy ear!"><br/> Old Martin spied the tip; and country folk<br/> Who are not in the secret of the joke,<br/> With open mouths and eyes<br/> Stare at old Martin's prize--<br/> A Lion led to mill, with neck in yoke.<br/> <ANTIMG src="images/12,4.jpg" alt="12,4"> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <hr class="narrow"> &nbsp; <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />