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179.The Hen and the Swallow

A HEN finding the eggs of a viper and carefully keeping them warm, nourished them into life. A swallow, observing what she had done, said,

“You, silly creature! Why have you hatched these vipers which, when they shall have grown, will inflict injury on all, starting with yourself?”

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