Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 500
1 dig a hole and hide my head— They cannot fail to lose me.The plan s so simple, I m surprisedThat it should be so criticized. Your plan, the tortoise said, is quiteDelusive and fallacious; To draw the head in —out of sight-Is far more efficacious. Till I have cause to change my view, That method I… … 323 324 THE OSTRICH AND THE TORTOISE
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