Three Hundred Æsop's Fables/The Man bitten by a Dog

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London: George Routledge and Sons, page 76

THE MAN BITTEN BY A DOG.

A Man who had been bitten by a Dog, went about in quest of some one who might heal him. A friend meeting him, and learning what he wanted, said, "If you would be cured, take a piece of bread, and dip it in the blood from your wound, and go and give it to the Dog that bit you." The man who had been bitten laughed at this advice, and said, "Why? If I should do so, it would be as if I should pray every Dog in the town to bite me."

Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed, increase their means of injuring you.