Contents ▼▲
Front Matter A for Archibald B for Bear C for Cobra D for Dreadful E for Egg F for Family G for Gnu H for Horseman I for Indian J for James K for Klondyke L for Lady M for Millionaire N for Ned O for Oxford P for Pig Q for Quinine R for Reviewer S for Snail T for Tourist U for Upas Tree V for Volunteer W for Waterbeetle X for Nothing Important Y for Youth Z for Zebu

Moral Alphabet - Hilaire Belloc




Z For Zebu

Z for this zebu,

[Illustration] from A Moral Alphabet by Hilaire Belloc

who (like all Zebus)

Is held divine by scrupulous Hindoos.

(Von Kettner writes it "Zebu"; Wurst "Zebu";

I split the difference and use the two.


Moral


Idolatry, as you are well aware,

Is highly reprehensible. But there,

We needn't bother,—when we get to Z

Our interest in the Alphabet is dead.