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[aid] => mick
[title] => Not My Fault
[time] => 2006-08-28 08:01:53
[hometext] => My Entry in a Poetry Challenge for the Dead Poet's Society on Zorpia. inspired by Aesop's fables the two dogs-Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents-
[bodytext] => Not really a proper story but it does have a moral The Two Dogs- A man had two dogs: a Hound, trained to assist him in his sports, and a Housedog, taught to watch the house. When he returned home after a day's sport, with the Hound he always gave the Housedog a large share of his spoil. The Hound, feeling much aggrieved at this, reproached his companion, saying, "It is very hard to have all this labor, while you, who do not assist in the chase, luxuriate on the fruits of my exertions." The Housedog replied, "Do not blame me, my friend, but find fault with the master, who has not taught me to labor, but to depend for subsistence on the labor of others." -Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.- Not My Fault I swear all the time And people think its bad I curse Yet they know nothing My dad swears worse I am wearing that dress Of which I paid naught You may think it was hard But mum told me how to not get caught I was high last night It was wrong, I knew But I love speed My dad did too I cut that man His blood quenched my thirst I killed that man But mum did first It’s not my fault I did only what I learnt to do If my parents were your teachers You would too Karla Marie [comments] => 2 [counter] => 164 [topic] => 31 [informant] => KarlaMarie [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 8 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => StoryPoetry )
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