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16. The Camel Copies the Monkey
One day when all the beast sat down
To have a meal in jungle town,
One monkey pranced and clowned
Till all the creatures came to see
And cheered her with ecstatic glee
To watch her dance around.
At the applause a camel stood,
Annoyed the monkey was so good,
And took a dancing leap
Up in the air with feet kicked high,
And snapped her teeth and winked her eye,
Then landed in a heap.
Camel, BEGONE!
The beasts did shout
And took a stick and drove her out
And sent her on her way,
Then brushed their hands and preened their fur,
So glad to be relieved of her
Preposterous display.
MORAL: Longing for applause only makes you do ridiculous things.
from the book Prayers and Fables and the forthcoming book Aesop's Best: 80 Fables in Verse by William Cleary
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