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The Wise Dog
The Wise Dog
One day nine dogs went out to hunt. They met a lion. He said:
"I am hunting too. I am very, very hungry. Let us hunt together."
So the dogs and the lion hunted together all day.
They caught ten antelopes.
The the lion said: "Now we must divide this meat."
One of the dogs said: "Why, that is easy. We are ten, and we have ten
antelopes; so each of us will have one antelope."
The lion became very angry. He hit the poor dog and blinded him.
The other dogs did not say a word. But then one of the dogs said:
"Our brother was wrong. We must give nine antelopes to King Lion. Then
they will be ten together. And we dogs shall take one antelope, and we
shall also be ten together."
The lion liked his answer and asked the dog: "Who taught you to divide
like this? You are a wise dog."
The dog answered:
"Oh, King Lion, you hit our brother and blinded him. That blind brother
taught me, King Lion!"
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