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Baby's Own Aesop (1887)

13. The Dog in The Manger (Perry 702)

A Cow sought a mouthful of hay;
But a Dog in the manger there lay,
And he snapped out "how now?"
When, most mildly, the Cow
Adventured a morsel to pray.

DON'T BE SELFISH

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