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THE INHUMAN WOLF

AND

THE LAMB SANS GENE

A gaunt and relentless wolf, possessed Of a quite insatiable thirst,Once paused at a stream to drink and rest,And found that, bound on a similar quest, A lamb had arrived there first.
The lamb was a lamb of a garrulous mind And frivolity most extreme:In the fashion common to all his kind,He cantered in front and galloped behind, And troubled the limpid stream.
"My friend,” said the wolf, with a winsome air, "Your capers I can’t admire.

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