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TWO FABLES
POT AND KETTLE
‘Wipe out that black stain, naughty Sister Pot!’‘You're just as foul, Dame Kettle!’ Pot replied.
'Twas nicely mean'd by each. And yet, God wot,
Some scouring had done more on either side.
PLATE AND JUG
Says Plate—‘You are narrow and thin;And, poor Jug! I abominate that.’
Jug replies—‘You may call it a sin:
But, my dear! I'm not shallow and flat.’
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