A keresés eredménye oldal 2

Fable

Clad in lace finery
the noblest Isabelle
went across the forest.
A skinny wolf shows up
and pounces upon her.
 
'Stop this instant, you fool!'
demands our Lady Isabelle.
'A princess I am, and pretty.
The greatest knights
all bow at my feet.'
 
'Enough with the poppycock'
retorts the wolf, shaken.
'Could you possibly fail
to know you can't reason
with a starving wolf?'
 
'A handsome wolf you are,
and can be reasoned with!1.
And in the name of The Queen
and
I hereby knight thee'
 
Poor wolf! He believes her!
No sooner out of the wood
than he was cut to pieces.
Loving a king's daughter...
Better eat her, really.
 

• 1. the French idiom says 'a hungry belly has no ears'. Here 'belly' is replaced with 'wolf', and the princess answers 'you do have ears, and they're quite handsome' :)