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Another real Æsop fable from Project Gutenberg
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| The Dolphins quarrelled with the Whales, and before very long they began fighting with one another. | |
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| The battle was very fierce, and had lasted some time without any sign of coming to an end, when a Sprat thought that perhaps he could stop it; | |
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www.gutenberg.net/1/1/3/3/11339/ 11339-h/11339-h.htm#THE_DOLPHINS, _THE_WHALES,_AND_THE_SPRAT
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| so he stepped in and tried to persuade them to give up fighting and make friends. | |
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| But one of the Dolphins said to him contemptuously, "We would rather go on fighting till we're all killed than be reconciled by a Sprat like you!" | |
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| And what's the moral of this one? | |
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| I'll tell you just as soon as I figure out what the hell a "Sprat" is. | |
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