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THE PROUD FOX AND THE CRAB

傲狐辱蟹

One day a fox said to a crab, "Crawling thing, did you ever run in all your life?"

"Yes," said the crab, "I run very often from the mud to the grass and back to the river."

"Oh, shame," said the fox, "that is no distance to run. How many feet and legs have you? I have only

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