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Baby's Own Aesop (1887)

64. The Herdsman's Vows (Perry 49)

A kid vowed to Jove, so might he
Find his herd, and his herd he did see
Soon, of lions the prey:
Then 'twas - "Get me away,
And a goat of the best take for free."

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