The pigeon and the ant

No. 14 on the route

On the banks of the Oeffelt creek

a pigeon went to take a sip.

He heard cries for help and looked:

an ant was drowning.

The pigeon didn't think twice and knew

sticking a branch in the water.

This is how the ant was fished out,

Just in time, just barely succumbed.

The drowning man bowed deeply and said:

"My thanks are untold.

'Oh well,' said the pigeon, 'it's part of it:

you help each other in need.

The days rain one after another

and hunting season began.

The pigeon flew over Oeffelt

went back to drinking at the spring.

A hunter looked through his visor

saw the pigeon, a tasty booty.

He laid on ... there was the ant,

bit the hunter's calf.

A bang sounded, someone yelled "ouch!

but the pigeon remained unharmed.

And the ant said happily, "Now I am helping you.

I had learned a wise lesson.

© 2021 Geurt Franzen

after a fable by Aesopus