by Ernest Lawrence Thayer > The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day; > > The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play; > > And so, when Cooney died at first,...
The Crow and the Pitcher
by Aesop A crow, half-dead with thirst, came upon a pitcher which had once been full of water. But when the Crow put his beak into the pitcher, he found that there was only a little water left in...