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Reminds me of the German poem "Storch und Schleiche" [1] (LLM translation): A stork once strolled by the pond's edge,
where he spotted a blind slow-worm, a hedge.
The stork exclaimed, "Oh, this is quite grand!"
and devoured it, all, without a reprimand.
The slow-worm lay in the stork's belly,
and both found this situation rather smelly.
The blind slow-worm then spoke with dismay,
"Such horror!" and slipped through the back door away.
The stork, vexed by this unhappy twist,
couldn't believe he'd let the slow-worm persist.
So, without hesitation or delay,
he ate the slow-worm again the same way.
He cleverly wedged the back door tight,
so the blind slow-worm could not escape his sight.
The stork called in, with a cunning tone:
"Well, if you can, try escaping on your own!"
The sly slow-worm found the front door clear,
and promptly made his escape with no fear.
But the stork, filled with anger and spite,
ate the slow-worm once more, sealing his plight.
In a crafty invention, the stork's mind did revel,
he connected both doors to secure his prey well.
Then, addressing the slow-worm inside without fail,
"Now get ready for a round trip, without fail!"
[1] https://www.schwaben-kultur.de/home/stat/larchiv/447.html |