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death with his great hoofs." The servant at once turned into a side path, and the ant king called after him: "We'll remember and reward you."
The road next led through a wood, where he saw a father and mother raven standing by their nest and |
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throwing out their young. "Away with you, you young rascals!" they cried. "We can't feed you any longer. You are quite big enough to support yourselves now." The poor little birds lay on the ground flapping and beating their wings, and shrieked: "We poor helpless children, feed ourselves indeed ! Why, we can't even fly yet. What can we do but die of hunger?" Then the kind youth dismounted, drew his sword, and killing his horsa |
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