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A dog was lying upon a manger full of hay; a cow, being hungry, came near and offered to eat of it; but the envious, ill-natured cur, getting up and snarling at her, would not suffer her to touch a morsel; upon which the cow, in the bitterness of her heart, said, "Thou art a very malicious wretch, who will neither eat the hay thyself nor suffer others to do it."

ÆSOP.

The Adjutant-Bird.