1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:02,700 A simple little fable 2 00:00:03,301 --> 00:00:05,601 Or maybe not a fable 3 00:00:06,099 --> 00:00:08,301 Or maybe not so simple 4 00:00:08,903 --> 00:00:11,503 We'd like for you to hear 5 00:00:12,003 --> 00:00:14,503 We know it from our childhood 6 00:00:14,904 --> 00:00:17,405 Or maybe not from childhood 7 00:00:18,006 --> 00:00:20,205 We might not even know it 8 00:00:20,907 --> 00:00:24,207 So don't be too severe. 9 00:00:25,507 --> 00:00:27,108 Tell us! 10 00:00:30,408 --> 00:00:32,208 We think there was a crow once 11 00:00:33,710 --> 00:00:35,509 Unless it was a doggy 12 00:00:37,011 --> 00:00:38,810 It could have been a moo-cow 13 00:00:40,212 --> 00:00:42,012 Whom fortune one day found 14 00:00:43,512 --> 00:00:45,312 A package from the mailman - 15 00:00:46,814 --> 00:00:48,613 A half-pound hunk of Swiss cheese! 16 00:00:50,115 --> 00:00:51,914 Or was it even bigger? 17 00:00:53,415 --> 00:00:55,215 Perhaps it was a pound. 18 00:00:56,216 --> 00:00:58,016 The crow flew up a pine tree 19 00:00:59,518 --> 00:01:01,317 Unless perhaps she didn't 20 00:01:02,819 --> 00:01:04,618 Perhaps she took a running start 21 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,120 And climbed a big old palm 22 00:01:09,021 --> 00:01:10,820 To have herself some breakfast 23 00:01:10,822 --> 00:01:12,522 Or was it lunch, or dinner? 24 00:01:12,623 --> 00:01:14,123 Perhaps it was a midnight snack 25 00:01:14,123 --> 00:01:15,623 In short, some sort of nom. 26 00:01:16,025 --> 00:01:17,525 Then what happened? 27 00:01:27,725 --> 00:01:29,525 Just then, a fox ran by her 28 00:01:31,027 --> 00:01:32,826 Or tried but didn't make it 29 00:01:34,328 --> 00:01:36,128 Was it an ostrich full of gloom? 30 00:01:37,328 --> 00:01:39,328 Unless it wasn't gloom… 31 00:01:40,730 --> 00:01:42,530 Perhaps it was a janitor 32 00:01:43,531 --> 00:01:45,331 Who went to breathe some country air 33 00:01:47,132 --> 00:01:48,932 And also look for hazel twigs 34 00:01:50,033 --> 00:01:51,832 To make a nice new broom? 35 00:02:11,933 --> 00:02:13,433 "My dear crow, I dare say - 36 00:02:15,034 --> 00:02:16,835 Unless you are a doggy - 37 00:02:18,436 --> 00:02:20,236 But even for a moo-cow, 38 00:02:21,836 --> 00:02:23,637 You are a work of art! 39 00:02:25,038 --> 00:02:26,838 You have such lovely feathers 40 00:02:28,338 --> 00:02:30,139 A massive rack (of antlers) 41 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:33,439 Such slim and slender tootsies 42 00:02:34,941 --> 00:02:36,741 And such a giving heart! 43 00:02:38,141 --> 00:02:39,942 But caw us a cantata 44 00:02:41,443 --> 00:02:43,243 Or bark for us a ballad 45 00:02:44,743 --> 00:02:46,443 Or simply moo melodiously - 46 00:02:47,544 --> 00:02:49,144 It's what a cow would do 47 00:02:49,246 --> 00:02:51,046 And then a great big saddle 48 00:02:51,046 --> 00:02:52,646 A carpet and a TV 49 00:02:52,647 --> 00:02:54,147 You'd surely be awarded 50 00:02:54,248 --> 00:02:56,049 Without too much ado! 51 00:03:04,650 --> 00:03:09,650 The crow was flattered silly 52 00:03:11,350 --> 00:03:16,350 Unless it was a doggy 53 00:03:16,852 --> 00:03:18,352 It could have been... 54 00:03:18,353 --> 00:03:19,853 A HIPPO!! 55 00:03:22,153 --> 00:03:27,153 And she began to sing 56 00:03:28,655 --> 00:03:30,655 Cock a doodle doo! 57 00:03:33,955 --> 00:03:35,655 Which meant her beak was open 58 00:03:35,757 --> 00:03:37,356 Unless it was her dog-snout 59 00:03:37,457 --> 00:03:39,157 Or else her bovine muzzle 60 00:03:39,158 --> 00:03:40,758 In short, the cheese was dropped 61 00:03:40,860 --> 00:03:42,560 Right on the fox's noggin 62 00:03:42,860 --> 00:03:44,260 Why you throwing stuff?! 63 00:03:44,361 --> 00:03:46,061 Unless it was the ostrich's 64 00:03:47,862 --> 00:03:49,362 Or no, it was the janitor 65 00:03:51,364 --> 00:03:53,063 Who on the head got bopped! 66 00:04:02,664 --> 00:04:05,064 The moral of this fable 67 00:04:06,466 --> 00:04:08,966 Unless it's not a fable 68 00:04:10,766 --> 00:04:13,766 Not just a clever adult 69 00:04:15,268 --> 00:04:18,067 A toddler could decode: 70 00:04:20,168 --> 00:04:22,168 No loitering, no frolicking, 71 00:04:22,170 --> 00:04:23,670 No singing and no dancing 72 00:04:23,670 --> 00:04:25,471 In a construction area 73 00:04:25,471 --> 00:04:27,271 With a suspended load! 74 00:04:27,673 --> 00:04:29,072 That's all!