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      The Flea and the Ox 
    
    
      A FLEA thus questioned an Ox:  "What ails you, that being so huge
    and strong, you submit to the wrongs you receive from men and
    slave for them day by day, while I, being so small a creature,
    mercilessly feed on their flesh and drink their blood without
    stint?'  The Ox replied:  "I do not wish to be ungrateful, for I am
    loved and well cared for by men, and they often pat my head and
    shoulders."  "Woe's me!"  said the flea; "this very patting which
    you like, whenever it happens to me, brings with it my inevitable
    destruction."  
    


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