Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 151, 23 June 1907 — Page 12

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A Beaver went a fishing

And sit him by the brook, " ' With brass-bouni; shining rod and reel And whirling fancy hook. He cast the bait kerplunk! it went And trailed in circles bright; The patient Beaver waiting for A nibble or a bite. A foolish Trout soon spied it, And viewed it with surprise; It surely did look tempting To his cold, fishy eyes "I've never seen just such a Bug,' He said, "within these brooks; But what a lovely lunch if it'a As luscious as it looks! "Perhaps I shouldn't touch it; Yet wouldn't it be fun? M And thus he argued to himself Until Temptation won. He made a dash and gulped it down. The hook then pricked him sore; He fought, he squirmed, he tugged and jumped. Then landed on the shore. Inside a basket he "was. thrown, And, as he gasping lay, A Froggie who had known him well Peeked in and stoppecL to eay "You silly, foolish, greedy Ush, Why did you gulp thatJteit? Twas nothing but a rigged-up sham To bring you to ; this. Fate." The Trout looked up in helplessness And answered, full of woe, "Now, that's right, Smarty, rub it in And say 'I told you so.' "

When all the Mischief has been: done, Advice is waste of breath,

helps as much as Medicine 'hat's given after Death."

J. J. MORA

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