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<h2>THE LION, THE BEAR, AND THE FOX</h2>
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<p>A Lion and a Bear were fighting for possession of a kid, which
they had both seized at the same moment. The battle was long and
fierce, and at length both of them were exhausted, and lay upon the
ground severely wounded and gasping for breath. A Fox had all the
time been prowling round and watching the fight: and when he saw
the combatants lying there too weak to move, he slipped in and
seized the kid, and ran off with it. They looked on helplessly, and
one said to the other, "Here we've been mauling each other all this
while, and no one the better for it except the Fox!"</p>
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