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THE DOG IN THE RIVER by GAIUS JULIUS PHAEDRUS

First Line: THE CHURL THAT WANTS ANOTHER'S FARE
Last Line: BOTH SHADE AND SUBSTANCE, BEEF AND BONE.
Subject(s): ANIMALS; DOGS; GLUTTONY;
The churl that wants another's fare
Deserves at least to lose his share.
As through the stream a Dog conveyed
A piece of meat, he spied his shade
In the clear mirror of the flood,
And thinking it was flesh and blood,
Snapped to deprive him of the treat: --
But mark the glutton's self-defeat,
Missed both another's and his own,
Both shade and substance, beef and bone.



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