This page has been validated.
THE CROCODILE AND STURGEON.
77
FABLE XXXIV.
THE CROCODILE AND STURGEON.
Upon the banks of ancient Nile,
Two urchins stopp'd to play awhile:
Over the waters smooth, profound,
They made flat pebbles skip and bound.
But soon an end's put to their play—
A crocodile disturbs their fun;
He seizes, crushes, swallows one,
