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10. The Lazy Housemaids (Perry 55)

Two Maids killed the Rooster whose warning
Awoke them too soon every morning:
But small were their gaines,
For their Mistress took pains
To rouse them herself without warning.

LAZINESS IS ITS OWN PUNISHMENT

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