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little fable heard,
 * It good or ill may be;

But it has just occurr'd,
 * Thus accidentally.

Passing my abode,
 * Some fields adjoining me,

A big Ass on his road
 * Came accidentally;

And laid upon the spot,
 * A Flute he chanced to see,

Some shepherd had forgot,
 * There accidentally.

The animal in front,
 * To scan it nigh came he,

And snuffing loud as wont,
 * Blew accidentally.

The air it chanced around
 * The pipe went passing free,

And thus the Flute a sound
 * Gave accidentally.