The Dog And His Bone - Aesop's ABC

The Dog And His Bone - Aesop's ABC
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A hound dog found a bone and held it tightly in his mouth. He growled and scowled at anyone who attempted to take it away. Off into the woods he went to bury his prize.
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When he came to a stream, he trotted over the footbridge and happened to glance into the water. He saw his own reflection. Thinking it was another dog with a bigger bone, he growled and scowled at it. The reflection growled and scowled back.
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"I'll get THAT bone too," thought the greedy dog, and he snapped his sharp teeth at the image in the water.
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Alas, his own big bone fell with a splash, out of sight, the moment he opened his mouth to bite!
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http://www.storyarts.org/library/aesops/stories/dog.html
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15. The Greedy Dog Loses His Bone
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dog_and_the_Bone
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