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Aesop's Fables

The Dog in the Manger.

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Illustration from Aesop's Fables: A New Revised Version From Original Sources

A Dog lay in a manger, and by his growling and snapping prevented the oxen from eating the hay which had been placed for them. "What a selfish Dog!" said one of them to his companions; "he cannot eat the hay himself, and yet refuses to allow those to eat who can."

We should not deprive others of blessings because we cannot enjoy them ourselves.

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