Baby's Own Aesop (1887)
46. The Stag in The Ox Stall (Perry
492)
Safe enough lay the poor hunted Deer
In the ox-stall, with nothing to fear
From the careless-eyed men:
Till the Master came; then
There was no hiding-place for the Deer.
AN EYE IS KEEN IN ITS OWN INTEREST
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The Baby's Own Aesop (verse fables by W.J. Linton), 1887. Illustrations by Walter Crane. Available online at International Children's Digital Library. |