. St. Nicholas [serial] . And then their thoughts to supper chancedTo turn. (As well they might!). Then said the Ant: Its only rightThat supper should begin, And if you will be so polite,Pray take each other emphasis was very slight,But rested on ??Take in.) They needed not a second call,They took the hint. Oh, yes, 306 THE ARTFUL ANT. The largest guest took in the small,The small took in the less, The less took in the least of all.(It was a great success !) As for the rest — but why spin out This narrative of woe ? —The Lion took them in about As fast as they could go.(He went home loo
. St. Nicholas [serial] . And then their thoughts to supper chancedTo turn. (As well they might!). Then said the Ant: Its only rightThat supper should begin, And if you will be so polite,Pray take each other emphasis was very slight,But rested on ??Take in.) They needed not a second call,They took the hint. Oh, yes, 306 THE ARTFUL ANT. The largest guest took in the small,The small took in the less, The less took in the least of all.(It was a great success !) As for the rest — but why spin out This narrative of woe ? —The Lion took them in about As fast as they could go.(He went home looking very stout, And walking very slow.) And when the Ant, not long ago, Lost to all sense of shame,Tried it again, I chance to know That not one answer came.(Save from the Fish, who could not go, But thanked her all the same.)
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