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Master Osifu Fable 寓言：An ox and a frog An ox, grazing in a swampy meadow, chanced
to set his foot among a parcel of young frogs, and crushed nearly the whole
brood to death .One that escaped ran off to his mother with the dreadful
news."and ,oh ,mother !"said he ,"it was a beast -such a big
four footed beast that did it .""Big?" quoth the old frog ,
"How big? Was it as big?",and she puffed herself out to a great
degree."as big as this?""oh!"said the little one ,"a
great deal bigger than that .""well, was it so big ?"and she
swelled herself out yet mere."Indeed,mother,but it was,and of you were to
burst yourself you would never reach half its size."provoked at such a
disparagement of her powers, the old frog made one more trial ,and burst
herself indeed.
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