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300 favourite fables with illustrations by Arthur Rackham

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THE SHEEP, THE WOLF, AND THE STAG
A STAG once asked a Sheep to lend him a measure of wheat, saying that his friend the Wolf would be his surety. The Sheep, however, was afraid that they meant to cheat her ; so she excused herself, saying, " The Wolf is in the habit of seizing what he wants and running off with it without paying, and you, too, can run much faster than I. So how shall I be able to come up with either of you when the debt falls due ? '
Two blacks do not make a white.
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