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The Eel And The Serpent
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Author / Collector:
Epiphanius Wilson
Book:
Turkish Literature
Publisher:
P. F. Collier & Son, New York
Year:
1901
Country:
Turkey
License:
Public Domain (copyright expired)
Editor's Notes:
Traditional fables translated and edited by Epiphanious Wilson
resemblance, rivalry, deception, transformation, survival
Subject:
The Eel And The Serpent
The Eel and the Serpent were talking together.
“Why is it,” said the Eel, “that I, although I undoubtedly resemble you, in every point, am hunted by men, while they leave you in peace?”
“Because, if they caught me, they would do it to their cost.”
No one attacks the person who always repays an injury.
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