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THE CRAB AND THE SNAKE by ANONYMOUS

First Line: SAID THE CRAB UNTO THE SERPENT
Last Line: AND HAVE NO CROOKED THOUGHT
Subject(s): CRABS;

SAID the Crab unto the Serpent,
As he held him fairly caught:
@3Straightforward, sir, a mate should go,
And have no crooked thought@1.



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