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THE COLT; A FABLE by ROYALL TYLER

First Line: I'LL TELL A TALE - HOW FARMER JOHN
Last Line: I KNOW IT BY YOUR SMILING.
Subject(s): ANIMALS; HORSES;
I'LL tell a tale -- how Farmer John
A little Roan colt bred sir
Which morning, night, as well as noon
He water'd and he fed sir.

Says Farmer Dick, to Farmer John
A'nt you a silly dolt sir,
To spend such hay and care upon
A little ragged colt, sir.

Says Farmer John my colt will grow,
Therefore I bring my Roan up,
Not for the good he can do now,
But will do when he's grown up.

The moral you will all apply,
To keep my tale from spoiling;
The little colt you think is I
I know it by your smiling.



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