У. Т. Гудж. Надежный вклад

- Где лучше деньги мне хранить -
в какой стране, земле?
- Ответ один тут может быть:
храните их в земле.

с английского перевел А.Пустогаров


THE ONLY BANK NOT TO BE ROBBED
by W. T. Goodge (1862-1909)

?Oh, tell me,? said the man with cash
To place at fixed deposit –
?Oh, tell me, for I am not rash,
What bank has no absconder flash?
No easy question, was it??

?Well,? we replied, ?as things now go
The query makes us shiver.
You want a bank that's safe? Just so!
The only bank of which we know,
Is the bank beside the river!?