The Red Book Of Animal Stories - online children's book

Stories of Animals, Fantastic and Mundane, Edited By Andrew Lang

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	ANTS, AMPHISBAENAS, BASILISKS 15
	withal.' The piece of crystal was more useful still, for if you held it up between you and the basilisk and looked
	through it the poison of the animal was driven back on itself, and killed the monster instead of the victim.