Fable #819

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An old Toad once informed all his neighbors that he was a learned doctor. The Fox wasted no time in talking. Nothing at all, replied the Dog. You carried on scandalously with Mr. Bumble Bee and you made eyes at every single Bug you could see. The man who had found the purse fell into a panic. My sons, he said, heed what I have to say to you. And away ran the Wolf to the woods.

Learn from my fate not to take pity on a scoundrel.