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MODERN FABLES
And so well did he do it
That many flew to it;
But, alas! he had presently good cause to rue it:
For it proved sorry fun,
Since the man with the gun,
Who was seeking for Partridges, took him for one.
He was shot in the side;
And he feelingly cried,
A very few minutes before he died:
"Who for others prepare
A trap, should beware
Lest they sooner or later fall in their own snare."
(From the Polish of Ignace Krasicki.)
THE MAN AND HIS COAT
A MAN beat his Coat
Now and then with a cane;
And, astonished, one morning,
He heard it complain:
"Ungratefully treated!
My fortune is hard!
To beat me, dear Master!
Is this my reward?"
