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12 The donkey adores
13 The disappointed fox
14 A ghost cures
15 the golden eggs
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20 The bragging candle
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19. The Sun Plans a Wedding
Once upon a summer's noon
A parrot spread the news that soon
There'd be a glorious wedding
of the Sun!
What joy!
said Pig,
What ecstasy!
I'll dance a jig!
he said in glee,
And all the other creatures
joined the fun.
Until an aged Toad said,
WAIT!
Have you reflected on our fate
If we get much more heat around
these parts?
Suppose when wedding bells are done
Are born ten children of the sun?
We'd have ten times the heat he
now imparts!
A thing that some call ecstasy
For others may be tragedy,
So much of life depends upon your plight!
The ancient toad then looked around:
The pig was staring at the ground,
And all the creatures nodded he
was right.
MORAL: Happy occasions for some can be devastating events for others.
from the book Prayers and Fables and the forthcoming book Aesop's Best: 80 Fables in Verse by William Cleary
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