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<h2>THE ANT</h2>
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<p>Ants were once men and made their living by tilling the soil.
But, not content with the results of their own work, they were
always casting longing eyes upon the crops and fruits of their
neighbours, which they stole, whenever they got the chance, and
added to their own store. At last their covetousness made Jupiter
so angry that he changed them into Ants. But, though their forms
were changed, their nature remained the same: and so, to this day,
they go about among the cornfields and gather the fruits of others'
labour, and store them up for their own use.</p>
<p class="adage">You may punish a thief, but his bent remains.</p>
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