"
"Make your home in my sty,"
Says the pig, "and come in every day."
Now my child will not miss
The true moral of this
Little story of anger and strife;
For a word spoken soft
Will turn enemies oft
Into friends that will stay friends for life.
A LESSON OF MERCY
A boy named Peter
Found once in the road
All harmless and helpless,
A poor little toad;
And ran to his playmate,
And all out of breath
Cried, "John, come and help,
And we'll stone him to death!"
And picking up stones,
The two went on the run,
Saying, one to the other,
"Oh, won't we have fun?"
Thus primed and all ready,
They'd got nearly back,
When a donkey came
Dragging a cart on the track.
Now the cart was as much
As the donkey could draw,
And he came with his head
Hanging down; so he saw,
All harmless and helpless,
The poor little toad,
A-taking his morning nap
Right in the road.
He shivered at first,
Then he drew back his leg,
And set up his ears,
Never moving a peg.
Then he gave the poor toad,
With his warm nose a dump,
And he woke and got off
With a hop and jump.
And then with an eye
Turned on Peter and John,
And hanging his homely head
Down, he went on.
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