Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks

<h2><SPAN name="f4" id="f4"></SPAN><i>The Hen With The Golden Eggs.</i></h2> <ANTIMG src="images/4,1.jpg" alt="4,1"><br/> <br/> <i>To this lesson in greed,<br/> Pray, little ones, heed:</i><br/> <br/> Each day, we are told,<br/> A most wonderful Hen<br/> Laid an egg made of gold<br/> For this meanest of men.<br/> <ANTIMG src="images/4,2.jpg" alt="The meanest of men."><br/> So greedy was he,<br/> He was not satisfied.<br/> "What is <i>one</i> egg to me?<br/> I want <i>all</i> that' inside!"<br/> <ANTIMG src="images/4,3.jpg" alt="4,3"><br/> He cut off her head,<br/> And began to explore.<br/> But the poor hen was dead.<br/> And could lay eggs no more.<br/> <ANTIMG src="images/4,4.jpg" alt="4,4"><br/> <ANTIMG src="images/4,5.jpg" alt="4,5"> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <hr class="narrow"> &nbsp; <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />