Magpie Tales #53 The lion

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The lion roared as if to say,

‘Use what I hold with utmost care’

But little children like to play

And shook the pepper everywhere

Until the sneezes it released

Made everybody weak and red

So when at last the uproar ceased

They all repaired at once to bed.

The lion laughed and shook his mane,

The clout he held delighted him;

‘I may be glass yet I maintain

Dominion over all of them.’