RAVEN 
THE WISE OLD RAVEN 
“The wise old Raven, 
Very popular you know, 
That’s why good people 
Rave over me so. 
“You have all heard the fable: 
If you would stop to think 
When I dropped in the pebbles 
To get me a drink. 
“In my lifetime I have been 
In a great many places. 
But never did they have 
Any birds’ foot races. 
“I am going out to Bird Town some day, 
To see what other birds have to say. 
If birds of the town are talking race 
I will enter in time to get a good place.” 
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