"The Fable Of The Ducks And Hens" - читать интересную книгу автора (Rockwell George L)

And buy and sell, they said.
And so these hens began to teach
The baby ducks and chicks.
They traded food and eggs and things,
With many clever tricks.
They wrote great books & put on shows,
Of genius they’d no lack.
It wasn’t long till chickens owned
The Duckville Daily Quack.
One day a mother duck who took
Her ducklings to the lake,
Was flabbergasted when one said,
A swim I will not take!
Why ducklings always swim! she gasped,
It’s what you’re built to do!
Like bunnies hop, and crickets chirp,
And cows most always moo!
Your just old fashioned, a fuddy duck,
That stuff is all old hat!
It’s wrong for birds to swim; ...besides,
It’s too cold on my little pratt!
Oh fie! the mother duck exclaimed,
You’re talking like a fool!
Up quacked the other ducks and said,
He’s right! Ms. Hen taught us that in school!
Such things must stop! the mother cried,
Those hens can’t teach such lies!
For sheer ingratitude and nerve,
I’m sure this takes the prize!
....But she was wrong, for even then
The hens did thump the tub.
Demanding they be let into,
The Duckville Swimming Club.
But you don’t swim! the ducks all cried,
To join, why should you care?
That’s not the point! the hens replied,
To exclude us isn’t fair!
The younger ducks, who’d been to school,
Agreed right there and then,
To keep them out is bigotry!
T’would just be ANTI-HEN...!
Outnumbered by the younger ducks,
The old ducks soon did loose;
They agreed to let the hens all in,
If they would pay the dues.
That night the Duckville Daily Quack
Contained this banner spread:
Reactionary Ducks Are Licked!
DUCKVILLE MOVES AHEAD!
Down at the Duckville Gaiety,