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- What do you want? – he asked
them. __-
We are bickering because we each
want to have the best part of this
donkey – the lion said.
-You, divide it for us – the hawk said.
- Fine by me. – the ant said.
The youth divided up the parts. He
gave the lion the back, thighs and
shoulders; the hawk the innards; and
the ant the head. Then, when he was
preparing to leave, the lion said:
- Since you did good by us, I too
want to do good by you. Take these
two hairs of mine: should you battle

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