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31 A man argues
32 The deer misjudges
33 The dying farmer
34 The baby goat
35 The pigeons choose
36 The big trees
37 A mean dog
38 The selfish horse
39 A boy cries wolf
40 The fox outwits the crow
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31. A Man Argues With a Wise Lion
A lion and a man, they say,
were traveling along
When they began to argue who
was braver and more strong,
Just as their tempers flared to hot,
they passed a monument
That showed a man killing a lion--
sculpted in cement.
You see?
the man said.
See the truth,
the human is the stronger!
My case is closed. I see no need
to argue any longer!
The lion grinned:
That's made by MEN!
Lion sculptors always show
A dozen men held down beneath
a single lion's toe.
MORAL: History is written by the victors
from the book Prayers and Fables and the forthcoming book Aesop's Best: 80 Fables in Verse by William Cleary
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