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THE SNAIL AND THE BEES

THE MOD^[1] AND THE FON

蜂蝸之爭

One day the king of the bees with his followers passed by the snail's door with a great noise. The

1. This species of garden-snail is found in China, and is about the size of a large Roman snail. It sucks the juice of the fruit while on the

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