Aesop's "The Bear and the Two Travellers" restated, Ballad stanza Options

[jgdittier]

Along the solitary path
through forest, field and stream,
an ursine beast of doubtful wrath
was guarding his regime.
Two guys on foot were hiking through
and soon the bear observed ,
so up a tree to hide from view
the first one climbed, unnerved.
The secong guy, too late to climb,
lay flat to fool that bear.
to imitate the dead, this time,
let bear return to lair.
The bear assumed the carrion case
and left with just a grunt.
The first came down from sylvan space,
the second now was blunt.
"Ex friend of mine, you've shone a sign
that me you'll fast desert.
Together we could climb that tree
with hand and quick alert!"

to read aesop's "The Bear and Two Travelers", section 1
 
http://www.pacificnet.net/~johnr/cgi?sel&TheBear
andtheTwoTravelers

[Guest_Jox_*]

Hi Ron,

I'm not familiar with any of AEsop's fables but your poem tells an interesting tale. Thank you.

James.