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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Volume 3 (of 3)

Note 1 — Concerning the Friendship of the Hare and the Parrot

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At that the Mouse-deer having become a little angry went away. Having so gone, the Mouse-deer, seeking the Hare, says to1 the Hare, “Friend, with that Parrot what friendship! The food which that one eats is different, the place where that one lies down is different, that one is an animal which flies [in the air] above. Are we so? We lie down in one place, we eat one food. Because of it, give up [your] friendship with that one.” At that the Hare became a little angry.

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