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<h2>THE SWALLOW AND THE CROW</h2>
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<p>A Swallow was once boasting to a Crow about her birth. "I was
once a princess," said she, "the daughter of a King of Athens, but
my husband used me cruelly, and cut out my tongue for a slight
fault. Then, to protect me from further injury, I was turned by
Juno into a bird." "You chatter quite enough as it is," said the
Crow. "What you would have been like if you hadn't lost your
tongue, I can't think."</p>
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