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THE ABBREVIATED FOX

AND

HIS SCEPTICAL COMRADES

A certain fox had a Grecian nose  And a beautiful tail. His friends Were wont to say in a jesting way  A divinity shaped his ends. The fact is sad, but his foxship had  A fault we should all eschew: He was so deceived that he quite believed  What he heard from friends was true.
One day he found in a sheltered spot  A trap with stalwart springs That was cunningly planned to supply the demand  For some of those tippet things.

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