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The Dog and the Sparrow

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HERE was once a sheep-dog who had not got a kind master, but one who left him to suffer from hunger. When he could bear it no longer, he went sadly away. On the road he met a Sparrow, who said, ‘Brother Dog, why are you so sad?’

On the road he met a Sparrow.

The Dog answered, ‘Because I am hungry and I have nothing to eat.’

‘Then,’ said the Sparrow, ‘Brother Dog, come with me to the town, and I will satisfy your hunger.’

So they went to the town together, and when they came to
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