Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks

<h2><SPAN name="f6" id="f6"></SPAN><i>The Acorn and the Pumpkin.</i></h2> <ANTIMG src="images/6,1.jpg" alt="6,1"><br/> <br/> Once there was a country bumpkin<br/> Who observed a great big pumpkin<br/> To a slender stem attached;<br/> While upon an oak tree nourished,<br/> Little acorns grew and flourished.<br/> "Bah!" said he. "That's badly matched."<br/> <ANTIMG src="images/6,2.jpg" alt="6,2"><br/> "If, despite my humble station,<br/> <i>I</i>'d a hand in this Creation,<br/> Pumpkins on the oaks would be;<br/> And the acorn, light and little,<br/> On this pumpkin stem so brittle<br/> Would be placed by clever Me."<br/> <ANTIMG src="images/6,3.jpg" alt="6,3"><br/> Then, fatigued with so much thought, he<br/> Rest beneath the oak tree sought. He<br/> Soon in slumber found repose<br/> But, alas! An acorn, falling<br/> On the spot where he lay sprawling,<br/> Hit him--plump!--Upon the nose.<br/> <ANTIMG src="images/6,4.jpg" alt="Gosh! he said. Suppose a pumpkin came a-fallin on my face!"><br/> Up he jumped--a wiser bumpkin.<br/> "Gosh!" he said. "Suppose a pumpkin<br/> Came a-fallin' on my face!<br/> After all, if <i>I</i> had made things,<br/> I'll allow that I'm afraid things<br/> Might be some what out of place."<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <hr class="narrow"> &nbsp; <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />