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<h2>THE SOLDIER AND HIS HORSE</h2>
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<p>A Soldier gave his Horse a plentiful supply of oats in time of
war, and tended him with the utmost care, for he wished him to be
strong to endure the hardships of the field, and swift to bear his
master, when need arose, out of the reach of danger. But when the
war was over he employed him on all sorts of drudgery, bestowing
but little attention upon him, and giving him, moreover, nothing
but chaff to eat. The time came when war broke out again, and the
Soldier saddled and bridled his Horse, and, having put on his heavy
coat of mail, mounted him to ride off and take the field. But the
poor half-starved beast sank down under his weight, and said to his
rider, "You will have to go into battle on foot this time. Thanks
to hard work and bad food, you have turned me from a Horse into an
ass; and you cannot in a moment turn me back again into a
Horse."</p>
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