Le Buisson, le Canard, et la Chauve-Souris,
\n\tVoyant tous trois qu\u2019en leur pays
\n\tIls faisaient petite fortune,
\nVont trafiquer au loin, et font bourse commune.
\nIls avaient des comptoirs, des facteurs, des agents
\n\tNon moins soigneux qu\u2019intelligents,
\nDes registres exacts de mise et de recette.
\n\tTout allait bien, quand leur emplette,
\n\tEn passant par certains endroits
\n\tRemplis d\u2019\u00e9cueils et fort \u00e9troits,
\n\tEt de trajet tr\u00e8s difficile,
\nAlla tout emball\u00e9e au fond des magasins
\n\tQui du Tartare sont voisins.
\nNotre trio poussa maint regret inutile ;
\n\tOu plut\u00f4t il n\u2019en poussa point :
\nLe plus petit marchand est savant sur ce point.
\nPour sauver son cr\u00e9dit, il faut cacher sa perte.
\nCelle que, par malheur, nos gens avaient soufferte
\nNe put se r\u00e9parer : le cas fut d\u00e9couvert.
\nLes voil\u00e0 sans cr\u00e9dit, sans argent, sans ressource,
\n\tPr\u00eats \u00e0 porter le bonnet vert.
\n\tAucun ne leur ouvrit sa bourse.
\nEt le sort principal, et les gros int\u00e9r\u00eats,
\n\tEt les sergents, et les proc\u00e8s,
\n\tEt le cr\u00e9ancier \u00e0 la porte,
\n\tD\u00e8s devant la pointe du jour
\nN\u2019occupaient le trio qu\u2019\u00e0 chercher maint d\u00e9tour
\n\tPour contenter cette cohorte.
\nLe Buisson accrochait les passants \u00e0 tous coups.
\n\u00ab Messieurs, leur disait-il, de gr\u00e2ce, apprenez-nous
\n\tEn quel lieu sont les marchandises
\n\tQue certains gouffres nous ont prises. \u00bb
\nLe Plongeon sous les eaux s\u2019en allait les chercher.
\nL\u2019oiseau Chauve-souris n\u2019osait plus approcher
\n\tPendant le jour nulle demeure :
\n\tSuivi de sergents \u00e0 toute heure,
\n\tEn des trous il s\u2019allait cacher.
\nJe connais maint detteur qui n\u2019est ni souris-chauve,
\nNi buisson, ni canard, ni dans tel cas tomb\u00e9,
\nMais simple grand seigneur, qui tous les jours se sauve
\n\tPar un escalier d\u00e9rob\u00e9.<\/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":[167],"poems-book":[142],"poemes-theme":[342,378],"poete":[151],"class_list":["post-1350","poemes","type-poemes","status-publish","hentry","annee-167","poems-book-fables","poemes-theme-animaux","poemes-theme-mensonge","poete-jean-de-la-fontaine"],"yoast_head":"\n