SYMPATHY

By: Rabindranath Tagore

 If I were only little puppy, not your baby, mother dear, would you say “no” to me if 

     I tried to eat from your dish?

 Would you drive me off, saying to me, “Get away, you naughty little puppy”

Then go, mother, go! I will never come to you when you call me, and never let you 

   feed me any more.

If I were only a little green parrot, and not your baby, mother dear, would you keep

     me chained lest I should fly away?

 Would you shake your finger at me and say, “What an ungrateful wretch of a bird!

     It is gnawing at its chain day and night?”

 Then, go mother go! I will run away into the woods; l will never let you take me in 

   your arms again.