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Baby's Own Aesop (1887)

40. The Eagle and The Crow (Perry 2)

The Eagle flew off with a lamb;
Then the Crow thought to lift an old ram;
In his eaglish conceit,
The wool tangled his feet,
And the shepherd laid hold of the sham.

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