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FableNº 212

The Enraged Lion and the Stag

A lion had gone mad. A stag, on seeing him from the forest, cried out, "Alas, woe to us! What will this lion not do in his fury, he who, even in cold blood, was unbearable to us?"

Let us shun hot-tempered people, used to doing harm, when they have seized power and reign.
Moral

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