LION had come to the end of 

 his days and lay sick unto death at 

 the mouth of his cave, gasping for 

 breath. The animals, his subjects, 

 came round him and drew nearer as he grew 

 more and more helpless. When they saw 

 him on the point of death they thought to 

 themselves : tc Now is the time to pay off" 

 old grudges.' So the Boar came up and 

 drove at him with his tusks ; then a Bull 

 gored him with his horns ; still the Lion 

 lay helpless before them : so the Ass, feeling 

 quite safe from danger, came up, and turning 

 his tail to the old Lion kicked up his heels 

 into his face. "This is a double death," 

 growled the Lion. 



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