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Here was a Lion and a Bear had gotten a Fawn betwixt them, and there were they at it Tooth and Nail, which of the Two hould carry't off. They Fought it out, till they were e'en glad to lie down, and take Breath. In which Intant, a Fox paing that way, and finding how the cae tood with the Two Combatants, eiz'd upon the Fawn for his Own Ue, and o very fairly camper'd away with him. The Lion, and the Bear aw the Whole Action, but not being in condition to Rie and Hinder it, they pas'd this Reflexion upon the whole matter; Here have we been Worrying one another, who hould have the Booty, 'till this Cured Fox has Bobb'd us Both on't.

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