The Dove and the Ant TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text <br> A dove came to a brook to drink,<br> When, leaning o'er its crumbling brink,<br> An ant fell in, and vainly tried,<br> In this, to her, an ocean tide,<br> To reach the land; whereat the dove,<br> With every living thing in love,<br> Was prompt a spire of grass to throw her,<br> By which the ant regain'd the shore.<br><br> A barefoot scamp, both mean and sly,<br> Soon after chanced this dove to spy;<br> And, being arm'd with bow and arrow,<br> The hungry codger doubted not<br> The bird of Venus, in his pot,<br> Would make a soup before the morrow. COMMENTS: Visual Text The translation is in verse; a head-start on lyrics. CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: TheDoveandtheAnt.pdf
