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 THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE POT AND THE KETTLE

The pot said the kettle was black. And the kettle said the pot was black. And the pot said the kettle was black. And the kettle said the pot was black. And they kept it up.

In the middle of the dispute in came two servants. One seized the pot and the other seized the kettle, and they scrubbed them both within an inch of their lives. So I suppose the servants thought both were black. What do you think?

HOW THE TURTLE GOT HIS DINNER

It was the small black turtle's dinner time. He drew in his head and watched. A bluebottle buzzed by, singing. Snap! out came the turtle's head. The bluebottle's song was over, the turtle was eating him for dinner.

"A bluebottle is a delicious morsel," said the turtle aloud to anyone who might happen to be passing.

He dined that day on foolish bluebottles who didn't know he had a head.