Card 23
The Mice
Les Souris
Original French
Vois-tu ces rongeurs ?
Gare les pleurs,
Ou de tout ton bien
Il ne reste rien.
English
Do you see these rodents? Beware tears, or nothing may remain of all your possessions.
The reading carried by the verse
The mice warn of gradual loss: what is neglected may be nibbled away until little remains.
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