Un Rat, h\u00f4te d\u2019un champ, rat de peu de cervelle,
\nDes lares paternels un jour se trouva sou.
\nIl laisse l\u00e0 le champ, le grain, et la javelle,
\nVa courir le pays, abandonne son trou.
\n\tSit\u00f4t qu\u2019il fut hors de la case :
\n\u00ab Que le monde, dit-il, est grand et spacieux !
\nVoil\u00e0 les Apennins, et voici le Caucase. \u00bb
\nLa moindre taupin\u00e9e \u00e9tait mont \u00e0 ses yeux.
\nAu bout de quelques jours, le voyageur arrive
\nEn un certain canton o\u00f9 Th\u00e9tys sur la rive
\nAvait laiss\u00e9 mainte hu\u00eetre ; et notre Rat d\u2019abord
\nCrut voir, en les voyant, des vaisseaux de haut bord.
\n\u00ab Certes, dit-il, mon p\u00e8re \u00e9tait un pauvre sire :
\nIl n\u2019osait voyager, craintif au dernier point :
\nPour moi, j\u2019ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu le maritime empire ;
\nJ\u2019ai pass\u00e9 les d\u00e9serts ; mais nous n\u2019y b\u00fbmes point. \u00bb
\nD\u2019un certain magister le Rat tenait ces choses,
\n\tEt les disait \u00e0 travers champs,
\nN\u2019\u00e9tant pas de ces Rats qui, les livres rongeants,
\n\tSe font savants jusque\u2019aux dents.
\n\tParmi tant d\u2019hu\u00eetres toutes closes,
\nUne s\u2019\u00e9tait ouverte ; et, b\u00e2illant au soleil,
\n\tPar un doux z\u00e9phyr r\u00e9jouie,
\nHumait l\u2019air, respirait, \u00e9tait \u00e9panouie,
\nBlanche, grasse, et d\u2019un go\u00fbt, \u00e0 la voir, nompareil.
\nD\u2019aussi loin que le Rat voit cette Hu\u00eetre qui b\u00e2ille :
\n\u00ab Qu\u2019aper\u00e7ois-je ? dit-il, c\u2019est quelque victuaille ;
\nEt, si je ne me trompe \u00e0 la couleur du mets,
\nJe dois faire aujourd\u2019hui bonne ch\u00e8re, ou jamais. \u00bb
\nL\u00e0-dessus, ma\u00eetre Rat, plein de belle esp\u00e9rance,
\nApproche de l\u2019\u00e9caille, allonge un peu le cou,
\nSe sent pris comme aux lacs ; car l\u2019hu\u00eetre tout d\u2019un coup
\nSe referme. Et voil\u00e0 ce que fait l\u2019ignorance.<\/p>\n
Cette fable contient plus d\u2019un enseignement :
\n\tNous y voyons premi\u00e8rement :
\nQue ceux qui n\u2019ont du monde aucune exp\u00e9rience
\nSont, aux moindres objets, frapp\u00e9s d\u2019\u00e9tonnement ;
\n\tEt puis nous y pouvons apprendre
\n\tQue tel est pris qui croyait prendre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"annee":[166],"poems-book":[142],"poemes-theme":[],"poete":[151],"class_list":["post-1274","poemes","type-poemes","status-publish","hentry","annee-166","poems-book-fables","poete-jean-de-la-fontaine"],"yoast_head":"\n