The Lion Hunting With Other Beasts

From The Fables of Æsop:

A Lion, a Heifer, a Goat, and a Sheep once agreed to share whatever each might catch in hunting. A fine fat stag fell into a snare set by the Goat, who thereupon called the rest together. The Lion divided the stag into four parts. Taking the best piece for himself, he said: "This is mine, of course, as I am the Lion;" taking another portion, he added, "This too is mine by right - the right, if you must know, of the strongest." Further, putting aside the third piece, "That's for the most valiant," said he; "and as for the remaining part, touch it if you dare."

Little Bo-Peep

From Little Bo-Peep:

Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,
And cannot tell where to find them; -
Leave them alone, and they'll come home
And bring their tails behind them.

Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep,
And dreamt she heard them bleating;
But when she awoke she found it a joke,
For still they were all fleeting.

Then up she took her little crook,
Determined for the find them; -
She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,
For they'd left their tails behind them.

The Clouds

From The New Barnes Reader:



White sheep, white sheep,
On a blue hill,
When the wind stops
You all stand still.

You walk far away,
When the wind blow;
White sheep, white sheep,
Where do you go?

OLD RHYME