{"sf1_id":996692,"sf2_id":"rnaEwvLn","title":"The Foolish Toads","author":"Dipper","words":174,"posted_at":"2016-05-08T15:56:00.000Z","tags":["Toad","aesop","sonnet","stork"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/996692-the-foolish-toads","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rnaEwvLn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/e2/4d/e24d5735-f17a-4e89-92b9-a05d77a78fae","description":"#41 of Scraps","content":"This poem was the winning entry in the Iron Writer contest at AnthrOhio this weekend.  \n  \nThe rules were:  \n  \nIt had to be in Iambic Pentameter  \nIt should have a Renaissance theme  \nOnly animals excluded from Zootopia  \nBONUS: If you mention Quebec (in honor of a Canadian fur who could not attend)  \n  \n==========  \n  \nTHE FOOLISH TOADS  \n  \n  \n\"Appalling!\" cried the noble Earl of Toads  \n\"We ask God for a king and get a log!  \n\"All day it sits and does nothing at all!  \n\"And we are leaderless within the bog!\"  \n  \n\"Fear not!\" replied the attaché of birds.  \n\"We can provide you with a regal Lord!  \n\"We only ask submission to his laws.  \n\"And tribute fair, just what you can afford.\"  \n  \n\"Hazzah!\" cried out the toad with limbs raised high.  \n\"It shall be done before the night shall fall!\"  \nThe crafty avians sent them a stork.  \nWho then proceeded to consume them all.  \n  \nWise Aesop told this tale, its wisdom rings  \n'Tis better log, than stork is, as your king.  \n  \nWritten by me © Creative Commons 2016  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Scraps","previous":"https://sofurry.com/s/J1ODjOXe","next":"https://sofurry.com/s/Oe5Kr2An"}}