{"id":1991,"date":"2015-06-29T20:27:27","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T20:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1991"},"modified":"2015-06-29T20:27:27","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T20:27:27","slug":"the-donkey-and-the-thistle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-donkey-and-the-thistle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Donkey and the Thistle"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Ass<\/a>
Ass Eating Thistles: they will eat them, but can be comical to look at as they pluck up the courage… Aesop had a fable about them too: “The Ass and the Thistle<\/a>“, which is a positive story, but we wont focus on that, rather the Longford story of the cowardly ass going hungry being afraid of the prickles of the thistle to enjoy its taste…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Shy but willing, like an ass at a thistle”<\/strong>
\nLongford saying about a person interested but hesitant and afraid to pursue what they desired, be it in love or in life…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The thistle grew as thistles do
\nAt the meadows border edge
\nThe donkey grazed as donkeys do
\nAnd looked out over the hedge<\/p>\n

Beneath its nose the thistle grows
\nGreatly the donkey desired to eat
\nFor the taste it desired a lust in it inspired
\nThough afraid of its prickles beneath<\/p>\n

Some folk who like flowers call the thistle a weed
\nMore folk who like plants call it a wild flower
\nTo a donkey its the loveliest of the plants for to eat
\nIf only it had the willpower…<\/p>\n

But no, this donkey shied away
\nLeft the thistle for another to be enjoyed and eaten
\nBrayed of its hunger to all that would listen
\nIts own fear proving self defeating!<\/p>\n