What does this poem translate to in English?

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A orillas de un estanque, diciendo estaba el pato: – ¿A qué animal dió el cielo los dones que me ha dado? Soy de agua, tierra y aire. Cuando de andar me canso, si se me antoja, vuelo; si se me antoja, nado. – Una serpiente astuta, que le estaba escuchando, le llamó de un silbido, y dijo: – Señor guapo, no hay que echar tantas plantas; pues ni anda como el gamo, ni vuela como el sacre, ni nada como el barbo. Y, así, tenga sabido que lo importante y raro no es entender de todo, sino ser diestro en algo.Please do not just put it in a translator.. I can do that and it doesn’t make any sense.

Elmer Mueller · Accepted Answer

This is my best attempt at it:On the edge of a pond, a duck was saying: – ¿To which animal has heaven given the gifts I have been awarded?I’m of water, earth and air. When I tire of walking, if it pleases me so, I fly; if it pleases me so, I swim;An astute snake, who had been listening, called him (whistling), and said: – Mister handsome, you shouldn’t boast so much; because neither do you walk as a deer, nor fly like a falcon, or swim as a barbel. An so, be informed, the important thing and rare to find isn’t to be knowledgeable about everything, but being skilled in something.

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