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Baby's Own Aesop (1887)

38. The Dog and The Shadow (Perry 133)

His image the Dog did not know,
Or his bone's, in the pond's painted show:
"T'other dog," so he thought,
"Has got more than he ought,"
So he snapped and his dinner saw go!

GREED IS SOMETIMES CAUGHT BY ITS OWN BAIT

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