barnabas_truman: (young whistler)
barnabas_truman ([personal profile] barnabas_truman) wrote2013-12-31 01:50 am
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The Codfish

The codfish lays ten thousand eggs,
The homely hen lays one.
The codfish never cackles
To tell you what she's done.
And so we scorn the codfish,
While the humble hen we prize,
Which only goes to show you
That it pays to advertise.

(from The Random House Book of POETRY for Children; no author given)

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