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Evil tendencies are early shown.

THE BOY AND THE SNAILS

A Farmer's Boy went looking for Snails, and, when he had picked

up both his hands full, he set about making a fire at which to

roast them; for he meant to eat them. When it got well alight and

the Snails began to feel the heat, they gradually withdrew more

and more into their shells with the hissing noise they always

make when they do so. When the Boy heard it, he said, "You

abandoned creatures, how can you find heart to whistle when your

houses are burning?"

THE APES AND THE TWO TRAVELLERS