XVI. The Sheep, the Stag, and the Wolf

When one rogue would another get

For surety in a case of debt,

’Tis not the thing t’ accept the terms,

But dread th’ event—the tale affirms.

A Stag approach’d the Sheep, to treat

For one good bushel of her wheat.

“The honest Wolf will give his bond.”

At which, beginning to despond,

“The Wolf (cries she) ’s a vagrant bite.

And you are quickly out of sight;

Where shall I find or him or you

Upon the day the debt is due?”

Riley