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THE LION, THE BEAR, AND THE FOX

A Lion and a Bear were fighting for possession of a kid, which

they had both seized at the same moment. The battle was long and

fierce, and at length both of them were exhausted, and lay upon

the ground severely wounded and gasping for breath. A Fox had all

the time been prowling round and watching the fight: and when he

saw the combatants lying there too weak to move, he slipped in

and seized the kid, and ran off with it. They looked on

helplessly, and one said to the other, "Here we've been mauling

each other all this while, and no one the better for it except

the Fox!"

THE BLACKAMOOR