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The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel;
And the former called the latter "Little Prig
" Bun replied, "You are doubtless very big;
But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken in together To make up a year An...

For lack of a nail the kingdom has fallen —according to the wisdom of nursery schools—but in our kingdom there have been no nails for a long time there aren’t and won’t be either the small ones for hanging a picture on a wall or large ones for clo...

Midas, we are in story told,
Turn'd every thing he touch'd to gold:
He chipp'd his bread; the pieces
Glitter'd like spangles on the ground:

Fable of
Nazim Hikmet We are by the watersidethe plane tree and I
Our reflections are thrown on the waterthe plane tree’s and mine
The sparkle of the water hits usthe plane tree and me