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FABLES FOR THE FRIVOLOUS

As thus the peasant slept one day,  The weather being torrid, A gnat beheld him where he lay  And lit upon his forehead,   And thence, like all such winged creatures,   Proceeded over all his features.
The watchful bear, perceiving that  The gnat lit on her master, Resolved to light upon the gnat  And plunge him in disaster;   She saw no sense in being lenient   When stones lay round her, most convenient.
And so a weighty rock she aimed  With much enthusiasm: "Oh, lor'!" the startled gnat exclaimed,  And promptly had a spasm:   A natural proceeding this was,   Considering how close the miss was.

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