Fable - Said the Fox

Said the fox to the fish: Come with me fish, I can offer you speed You never saw before The red flash of a ride on my back Beautiful sunsets from atop a mountain Come with me fish, I can offer you food Green lush of leaves Fruit as many and juicy as You never saw before Said the fish to the fox: Oh, my, dear fox, but I have all I need down here Why don’t you come and see the wealth? Schools of fish for you to hunt! Oh, come and follow me. So the fox jumped in and swam, and dived But the elusive fish went deeper and deeper And to avoid drowning the fox swam back up Angry and disappointed *** Said the fox to the bird: Come down sweet bird, I can offer you a multitude Of sweet ripe berries near my home A safe place in a tree To lay your eggs Soft fur of my cubs to dress your nest with Beautiful sunsets from atop my tree Come down sweet bird Said the bird to the fox: Oh, my, dear fox, but I have all I need up here Why don’t you come up and see my six Wonderful eggs? Oh, come up and look at them! So the fox climbed, greedy and longing For fresh eggs and bird But all he found was an empty nest And an empty twig, the bird long gone. *** Said the fish to the bird: They are so stupid, don’t they understand That greed and deceit Never wins? So much fun to have a friend so different from me Yet so alike. Said the bird to the fish: Have I told you how much I love you? Such shame we can never live together But we can share our tales right here Every day *** Sent in for contest: Fable on February 26, 2017 Sponsor: Nayda Ivette Negron