Nov 02, 2014 08:48
A mighty King once ruled the land-
But now he's baking pies.
A pauper, on the other hand,
Is ruling, strong and wise.
A tiger once in jungles raged-
But now he's in a zoo;
A lion, captive-born and caged,
Now roams the forest through.
A man once slapped a poor boy's pate
And made him weep and wail.
The boy became a magistrate
And put the man in jail.
A sunny day succeeds the night;
It's summer-then it snows!
Right oft goes wrong and wrong comes right,
As ev'ry wise man knows.
-L. Frank Baum
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