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Group One
1 City mouse...
2 The bald knight
3 A man is undone
4 The peace-loving sun
5 An astrologer suffers
6 The wise wasp
7 The little mice
8 The thirsty crow
9 The canny dog
10 The wounded wolf
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6. The Wise Wasp Uncovers the Truth
Some bees built their honeycomb high in a tree,
But the drones claimed
they'd
made the comb too,
So they all asked a Wasp who was wonderfully wise
If she'd judge what was false
and what true.
That's easy,
said Wasp,
Each make a new comb
And we'll see if it's equally
sweet.
OKAY!
said the bees. OH, NO! said the drones.
The Wasp smiled--for her task
was complete.
MORAL: Claims are best tested by deeds.
from the book Prayers and Fables and the forthcoming book Aesop's Best: 80 Fables in Verse by William Cleary
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