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Aesop's Fables 10The Dog and the Sow

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Aesop's Fables 10

The Dog and the Sow

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A Dog and a Sow were arguing and each claimed that its own young ones were finer than those of any other animal. "Well," said the Sow at last, "mine can see, at any rate, when they come into the world: but yours are born blind."

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Jones — Aesop's Fables (Aesop, translated by V. S. Vernon Jones) (1912). Public Domain. Aesop, translated by V. S. Vernon Jones, Aesop's Fables; public domain in the US; text from Project Gutenberg #11339. Source

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Aesop's Fables 11

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