THE DOG AND THE SHADOW
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Dog crossing a river on a plank, with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw its
reflection in the stream, and fancied he had discovered another and a richer
booty. He could not resist the desire to
seize upon the tempting morsel. Accordingly,
dropping the meat into the water, which was instantly hurried away by the
current, he snatched at the shadow; but
how great was his vexation to find that it had disappeared. “Unhappy creature that I am!”, cried he; “in
grasping at a shadow I have lost the substance.
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