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The Officious Flies

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William Forsell Kirby

The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country

John C. Nimmo, London

1895

Estonia

The Officious Flies: fable, annoyance, self-importance, foolishness, satire, social behaviour, insects, humour, meddling, rebuke

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The Officious Flies

A few dozen flies once attacked a cart-horse who was feeding quietly in a thicket, and lamented that they were not more numerous, that they might make him lie down. Presently his skin began to itch, when he lay down, rolled first on once side and then on the other, and crushed them all.

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