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Still, he felt rather curious to know if she could pos- 

 sibly drink up so much milk, and when he had served 

 all his customers he took the trouble to come back the same 

 way to see what had become of the adder. He found her 

 stretched out on the rock, quite drunk with milk, and 

 being a young man of kind heart, he left her to have her 

 sleep out, instead of killing her, as most people would 

 have done in his place. 



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The next morning, when he passed by the dry little 

 hollow which, the day before, had been a milky lake, 

 he thought of the adder, and how dull it must feel after 

 its delightful meal of yesterday. So he looked at his 

 jar and then at the hollow, and then at the jar again. 

 Finally he stooped down, and poured out a little milk, 

 and walked quickly away. When be had gone a few 

 steps, he glanced round cautiously, and saw the adder in 

 the act of gliding out from under a bush and making 

 straight for the milk. 



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