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ENFRESDEIT
FableNº 300

The Partridge and the Man

A man, having caught a partridge in the hunt, was about to kill it. It begged him in these terms: "Let me live; in my place I'll get you many partridges caught." "All the more reason to kill you," retorted the man, "since you would trap your comrades and your friends."

Those who plot against their friends will eventually fall into danger themselves.
Moral
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